FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FMS ENDO 99 FMS UROLOGY PUMP

MDR report key: 1331189 · Received February 26, 2009

Report

Report Number
1221934-2009-00064
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 26, 2009
Date of Event
February 18, 2009
Report Date
February 19, 2009
Manufacturer
DEPUY MITEK
Product Code
KQT
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ID, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MITEK IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE INFORMATION GATHERING MODE. WHEN ALL THAT CAN BE HAD, IS HAD AND THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AND EVALUATED, THOSE RESULTS WILL BE THE SUBJECT MATTER IN A FOLLOW-UP REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING A "TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE" (A CYSTOSCOPY) WITH THE USE OF A FMS ENDO 99 UROLOGY PUMP, A FLUID MGMT SYSTEM. THE "INFLOW" OF THE PUMP WAS SETUP TO THE PATIENT'S PENIS (?). DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PUMP WAS ACTING ERRATICALLY. ALLEGEDLY, THE INFLOW OF GLYCERINE WAS TOO FAST, THE PRESSURE WAS 100 AND THE FLOW WAS 200, THE PUMP WOULD GO FAST, THEN SLOW, AND THEN STOP. THEY RESTARTED OR RESET THE PUMP SEVERAL TIMES (2-3 TIMES) BY PASSING OR OVERRIDING THE SAFETY STOP WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE PATIENT WAS CONSCIOUS FOR THE PROCEDURE AND AT SOME POINT COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN AND DISCOMFORT AT WHICH TIME THEY STOPPED USING THE PUMP, PALPATED THE PATIENT'S ABDOMEN, AND FOUND IT TO BE ROCK HARD. THE SURGEON CONTINUED AND COMPLETED THE PROCEDURE WITHOUT USE OF THE PUMP, AND THE PATIENT WAS THEN MOVED TO THE ICU AND IS NOW IN A COMA. THERE IS A MEETING SCHEDULED AT THE FACILITY OVER THIS EVENT. THIS IS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO DATE. THERE ARE GAPS IN THE DATA AND THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT; HOWEVER, THERE ARE PERTINENT QUESTIONS OUT TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO FILL IN THE MISSING PIECES OF THE STORY. OUR REP WILL BE SUPPLYING US WITH FURTHER DETAIL AND PROGRESS REPORTS, AS THEY ARE MADE AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FMS ENDO 99 FMS UROLOGY PUMP FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KQT DEPUY MITEK UNK NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization| L| O| R