FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDOAVF ACCESS KIT

MDR report key: 12397087 · Received August 31, 2021

Report

Report Number
1721504-2021-00063
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 31, 2021
Date of Event
June 11, 2021
Report Date
August 26, 2021
Manufacturer
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
Product Code
OEX
UDI-DI
10884450412081
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE SUSPECT DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY AND COMPLAINT DATABASE COULD NOT BE PERFORMED SINCE THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUSPECT DEVICE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR EVALUATION. A FOLLOW UP WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE EVALUATION IS COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT SIGNIFICANT EXTRAVASATION OF BLOOD FLOW OCCURRED DURING USE OF AN ELLIPSYS CATHETER FOR PATIENT TREATMENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NEEDLE CAME OUT OF THE PERFORATOR VEIN BEFORE PUNCTURING THE RADIAL ARTERY. THE PATIENT REQUIRED AN OPEN INCISION TO REPAIR THE BLOOD FLOW OUTSIDE OF THE VESSEL AND HAD A SURGICAL BRACHIOBASILIC AVF SUCCESSFULLY CREATED. THE PATIENT REQUIRED OBSERVATION OVERNIGHT. ONCE THE PATIENT WAS STABLE, THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED HOME. THERE WAS NO FURTHER PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1300057 ENDOAVF ACCESS KIT CADRIOVASCULAR CATHETER SHEATH INTRODUCER KIT OEX MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. 10884450412081 10884450412081

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R