FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PERFUSION ADAPTER

MDR report key: 1672258 · Received April 30, 2010

Report

Report Number
2184009-2010-00006
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 30, 2010
Date of Event
March 24, 2010
Report Date
April 1, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PERFUSION SYSTEMS
Product Code
DTL
PMA / PMN Number
K790564
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4), EVALUATION RESULTS = DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AS THE SERIAL NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE AND NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED. CONCLUSION: CAUSE OF EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE USER FACILITY MEDWATCH RECEIVED STATED THAT AN ADAPTOR ON THIS PRODUCT SNAPPED WHILE THE PT WAS BEING MOVED. BASED ON THIS, IT APPEARS THAT THE PRODUCT MAY HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT ON SOMETHING WHILE MOVING THE PT. THE ADAPTER ON THIS PRODUCT IS AN ACRYLIC PART AND IS THE LEAST FLEXIBLE PART OF THE PRODUCT. IF THE DEVICE WERE TO BE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND WERE TO BREAK, IT WOULD BREAK AT THE ADAPTOR, AS IN THIS REPORTED EVENT. SINCE NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION CAN BE PERFORMED. BASED ON WHAT IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME, IT WAS SPECULATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT WAS LIKELY TO BE A USER-RELATED ISSUE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

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Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERFUSION ADAPTER DTL MEDTRONIC PERFUSION SYSTEMS 10007 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1