FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AUTOCAT2 WAVE

MDR report key: 1230365 · Received November 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
1219856-2008-00518
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 7, 2008
Date of Event
October 26, 2008
Report Date
November 7, 2008
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K060309
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY A CALL PLACED TO HOT LINE, THAT RN COULD NOT TELL CLINICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST (CSS) WHICH SYSTEM ERROR ALARM SHE HAD. SCREEN WAS FUNCTIONAL, HOWEVER, ONLY A PORTION OF THE NORMAL ITEMS WERE VISIBLE & EVERYTHING WAS FLASHING; PUMP WOULD NOT PUMP. CSS ASKED RN TO POWER DOWN PUMP, WAIT APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS & POWER BACK ON. RESULTS WERE "NO CHANGE". RN STATED PUMP WAS STILL AUDIBLY ALARMING, ALTHOUGH THEY COULD NOT VISUALLY SEE WHAT ALARM CONDITION WAS PRESENT. RN REPEATED POWER DOWN OF PUMP, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS & POWERED BACK ON. RESULTS WERE SAME AS FIRST TIME. CSS STATED "WE WERE UNABLE TO STOP SYSTEM ERROR ALARM OR GET PUMP ON SO I TOLD RN TO SWITCH OUT PUMP." AT 1250PM CSS CALLED RN BACK TO CHECK ON THEIR PROGRESS & THIS TIME CSS SPOKE TO A DIFFERENT RN. PER RN, PATIENT WAS ON NEW AUTOCAT2 WAVE PUMP & EVERYTHING WAS FUNCTIONING WELL, WITH NO PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS. CSS ASKED RN TO VERIFY SERIAL NUMBER OF FIRST PUMP & TO MAKE SURE THAT PUMP WAS FLAGGED "DO NOT USE" AND TAKEN TO BIOMED DEPARTMENT FOR FOLLOW UP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AUTOCAT2 WAVE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP PRODUCTS DSP ARROW INTL., INC. NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK