FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HEMOLUNG RAS

MDR report key: 16200020 · Received January 18, 2023

Report

Report Number
3009763347-2023-00052
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 18, 2023
Date of Event
May 9, 2019
Report Date
January 18, 2023
Manufacturer
ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
QOH
UDI-DI
00850046004346
PMA / PMN Number
DEN210006
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. MANUFACTURES THE HEMOLUNG RAS AND CATHETER. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. RECEIEVED A REPORT OF A PATIENT EXPERIENCING WORSENING ANEMIA DURING HEMOLUNG THERAPY. THE DATA LOG FROM HEMOLUNG THERAPY HAS BEEN RETRIEVED AND REVIEWED BY BOTH CLINICAL AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STAFF. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED WITHIN THE CO2 REMOVAL AND BLOOD FLOW GRAPHS. NO UNEXPECTED ALARMS OR ERRORS OCCURRED. HEMOLUNG THERAPY WAS PROVIDED AS INTENDED. THE RETURNED DEVICE WAS EVALUATED FOR ANY ABNORMALITIES. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS WITHIN THE ANALYSIS. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL INDICATIONS THAT THE DEVICE WOULD HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. NO CAPA WAS OPENED BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT. WORSENING ANEMIA IS A KNOWN POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE WITH EXTRACORPOREAL HEMOLUNG THERAPY. EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DISPOSABLES AS WELL AS THE CONTROLLER DATA LOG SHOW THAT HEMOLUNG THERAPY WAS PROVIDED AS INTENDED. ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY ISSUES AS THEY ARE REPORTED. THIS MDR IS BEING FILED IN RESPONSE TO A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF ALL ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. COMPLAINTS, WHICH IDENTIFIED THAT THE REPORTING DECISION FOR THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT CORRECT. THIS MDR IS BEING FILED RETROSPECTIVELY TO CORRECT THE ERROR IN THE REPORTING DECISION.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. RECEIEVED A REPORT OF A PATIENT EXPERIENCING WORSENING ANEMIA DURING HEMOLUNG THERAPY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
406347 HEMOLUNG RAS EXTRACORPOREAL SYSTEM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL QOH ALUNG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HL-CR4-01-000 00850046004346

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Other