FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIBERTY CYCLER UL

MDR report key: 15789536 · Received November 14, 2022

Report

Report Number
0002937457-2022-01960
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 14, 2022
Date of Event
January 1, 2021
Report Date
November 14, 2022
Manufacturer
CONCORD MANUFACTURING
Product Code
FKX
PMA / PMN Number
K123630
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

PLANT INVESTIGATION: THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR PHYSICAL EVALUATION AND THE SERIAL NUMBER COULD NOT BE OBTAINED. AS A SERIAL NUMBER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, DEVICE HISTORY AND MANUFACTURING RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. AS A PHYSICAL EVALUATION COULD NOT BE PERFORMED, A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION REGARDING THE REPORTED INCIDENT COULD NOT BE REACHED AND A CAUSE COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. CLINICAL REVIEW: A PROBABLE TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN CCPD THERAPY UTILIZING THE UNKNOWN LIBERTY CYCLER AND THE ADVERSE EVENT(S) OF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND FRACTURING/BRUISING RIB(S). THE ETIOLOGY OF THE EVENTS IS UNKNOWN; THEREFORE, CAUSALITY CANNOT BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. FURTHERMORE, LIMITED INFORMATION PREVENTED A MORE IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS. BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THE UNKNOWN LIBERTY CYCLER CANNOT BE EXCLUDED FROM HAVING A POSSIBLE CAUSAL OR CONTRIBUTORY ROLE IN THE PATIENT¿S SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS. THERE IS NO ALLEGATION OR OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE INDICATING A FRESENIUS DEVICE(S) AND/OR PRODUCT(S) DEFICIENCY OR MALFUNCTION CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENTS. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE PATIENT, NO AVAILABLE MANUFACTURER EVALUATION OF THE SUSPECT DEVICE(S)/PRODUCT(S), AND/OR LACK OF CAUSALITY, THE DEVICE(S)/PRODUCT(S) CANNOT BE DISASSOCIATED FROM THE SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ON 13/NOV/2021, FRESENIUS BECAME AWARE (VIA A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SURVEY) THIS PATIENT WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) PREVIOUSLY ON CONTINUOUS CYCLIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS [(PD)RN FOR RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) REPORTEDLY SUFFERED ¿CONSTANT BLACKOUTS¿ (LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS), PUSHING MEDICATIONS AND TOTAL FAILURE OF TREATMENT. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT TREATMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TEN HOURS WHEN HE SLEPT BUT TURNED INTO AN ALL DAY NIGHTMARE WITH THE PATIENT NOT ABLE TO SLEEP. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (E.G., TIMELINE, INJURIES, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, CAUSALITY) HAVE THUS FAR PROVEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
351332 LIBERTY CYCLER UL SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY FKX CONCORD MANUFACTURING

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Male Required Intervention DELFLEX PD FLUID| LIBERTY CYCLER SET