FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MEGADYNE

MDR report key: 1728538 · Received June 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
1728538
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 16, 2010
Date of Event
June 8, 2010
Report Date
June 16, 2010
Manufacturer
MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Product Code
GEI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MT, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING THE PROCEDURE (1) CORONARY BYPASS X 3 (L) INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY TO (L) ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY, SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT TO OBTUSE MARGINAL BRANCH OF CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY, SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT TO SECOND DIAGONAL BRANCH OF THE (L) ANTERIOR DESCENDING (2)(L)LOWER EXTREMITY ENDOSCOPIC GREATER SAPHENOUS VEIN HARVEST THERE WAS NOTED TO BE A SMALL AIR LEAK FROM THE LUNG. DURING BOVIE USE, THERE WAS A QUICK FLASH OF FLAME WHICH LEFT A MILD BURN ON THE VISCERAL PLEURA. A SMALL HOLE LEAKING ANESTHETIC GAS WAS REPAIRED WITH CHROMIC STITCH, AND THE PT WAS GIVEN HEPARIN. THE PROCEDURE CONTINUED, WAS COMPLETED, CLOSED AND PT WAS TRANSFERED TO ICU IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MEGADYNE CAUTERY WAND GEI MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. MEGADYNE E-Z CLEAN *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR CARDIAC DRUGS