FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB : 8FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1647041 · Received March 26, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00192
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 26, 2010
Date of Event
March 2, 2010
Report Date
March 26, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE CATH LAB, THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED AND THE MD INSERTED THE SUPER ARROW-FLEX (SAF) SHEATH INTO THE FEMORAL ARTERY. THE IAB WAS THREADED OVER THE SPRING WIRE GUIDE (SWG) AND INTO THE SAF SHEATH; HOWEVER, THE IAB COULD NOT BE ADVANCED TOTALLY THROUGH THE SAF SHEATH. AS A RESULT, THE MD REMOVED THE IAB AND SAF SHEATH AS ONE UNIT. ANOTHER IAB-05840-LWS WAS OPENED AND USED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE MD USED THE SAME INSERTION SITE AND SWG AND HE WAS ABLE TO INSERT THE SECOND IAB THROUGH THE SECOND SAF SHEATH. THERE WAS NO REPORTED EXCESSIVE BLEEDING. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB : 8FR - 40 CC FOS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM (FOS) DSP ARROW INTL., INC. NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK