FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIBERTY RENTAL PUMP WITHOUT CASE

MDR report key: 13181013 · Received January 6, 2022

Report

Report Number
1419937-2022-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 6, 2022
Date of Event
December 10, 2021
Manufacturer
MEDELA AG
Product Code
OMP
UDI-DI
07612367015578
PMA / PMN Number
K142626
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

CUSTOMER SERVICE REFERRED THE PATIENT TO CALL THE DISTRIBUTOR IN ORDER TO ARRANGE A RETURN AND REPLACEMENT OF THE DEVICE SINCE IT WAS NOT IN USE BY THE PATIENT AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. IN FOLLOW UP WITH A MEDELA CLINICIAN ON (B)(6) 2022, THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED HE HAD EXPERIENCED AN INFECTION, BUT HE WAS USING THE LIBERTY NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND VACUUM AGAIN AND IT WAS WORKING WITHOUT ISSUE. THE CLINICIAN ASKED IF SHE COULD SPEAK WITH HIS NURSE BUT THE PATIENT HUNG UP ON HER STATING HE DID NOT HAVE TIME. MEDELA IS FILING THIS REPORT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A SERIOUS INJURY AS IT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION (MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED).

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ON (B)(6) 2021 THE PATIENT CALLED IN TO MEDELA LLC AND ALLEGED THAT THE LIBERTY NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND VACUUM HAD BEEN TURNED OFF TWO DAYS AGO DUE TO AN AIR LEAK ALARM, WHICH THE PATIENTS' NURSE STATED LED TO A WOUND INFECTION. HE ADDITIONALLY ALLEGED THAT HE WAS BEING TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE INFECTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1154941 LIBERTY RENTAL PUMP WITHOUT CASE NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY POWERED SUCTION PUMP OMP MEDELA AG 101037810 07612367015578

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Male Other