BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    HEATER-COOLER SYSTEM 3T

    MDR report key: 17388803 · Received July 25, 2023

    Report

    Report Number
    9611109-2023-00351
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    July 25, 2023
    Date of Event
    November 16, 2016
    Report Date
    March 4, 2024
    Manufacturer
    LIVANOVA DEUTSCHLAND
    Product Code
    DWC
    Removal / Correction Number
    Z-2076/2081-2015
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    UK
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    A.1.-A.5. PATIENT INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. D.4. SERIAL NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF MADE AVAILABLE. H.4. AS THE SERIAL NUMBER IS UNKNOWN, THE DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF MADE AVAILABLE. G.5. THE HEATER-COOLER 16-02-80 IS NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE USA AND IT IS SIMILAR TO HEATER-COOLER 16-02-85, WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE USA (510(K) NUMBER: K191402). H.9. LIVANOVA DEUTSCHLAND IMPLEMENTED A FIELD SAFETY NOTICE FOR DISINFECTION AND CLEANING OF HEATER-COOLER DEVICES. THE Z NUMBER IS Z-2076/2081-2015. H10: LIVANOVA DEUTSCHLAND MANUFACTURES THE HEATER-COOLER SYSTEM 3T. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM. LIVANOVA INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION. IF ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE REPORTED EVENT IS RECEIVED, IT WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    H10: THROUGH FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATION, LIVANOVA LEARNED THAT ALLEGED MALFUNCTION CLAIMED BY THE COMPLAINANT WAS A MYCOBACTERIA CHIMAERA INFECTION ACQUIRED FOLLOWING A HEART VALVE SURGERY IN WHICH A HEATER-COOLER SYSTEM 3T DEVICE WAS USED. IN ADDITION, IT WAS LEARNED THAT POSSIBLE INVOLVED DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS COULD BE THE FOLLOWING: (B)(6) (MODEL: 16-02-80). NO OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE CUSTOMER. DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS (DHRS) REVIEW OF POSSIBLE INVOLVED DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY DEVIATION OR NON-CONFORMITY RELEVANT TO THE REPORTED ISSUE. NO DEVICE, BETWEEN THE ONES POSSIBLE INVOLVED AND IN USE AT THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME OF SURGERY (2016), WAS UPGRADED WITH VACUUM AND SEALING KIT. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS POSSIBLE. SOURCE OF PATIENT CONTAMINATION REMAINS UNKNOWN AND A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPORTED ADVERSE EVENT AND THE DEVICE COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    THE EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF PRODUCT LIABILITY LAWSUITS. THROUGH THIS REVIEW, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW EVENTS WHERE THE PLAINTIFF HAD FILED A SUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY, AND IT WAS HANDLED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT THE UNDERLYING PRODUCT INFORMATION HAD NOT BEEN FORWARDED TO THE COMPLAINT HANDLING UNIT. LIVANOVA OPENED A CAPA TO IDENTIFY ANY POSSIBLE LAWSUITS THAT MIGHT REQUIRE COMPLAINT REPORTING AND TO RETROSPECTIVELY SUBMIT THOSE EVENTS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED AND TO PREVENT FUTURE SIMILAR ISSUES FROM OCCURRING. COMPLAINANT ALLEGES THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL THAT HE/SHE UNDERWENT AN OPERATION ON (B)(6), 2016. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. BASED ON CURRENT STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION THE ALLEGED DEVICE ISSUE WAS YET NOT CONFIRMED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    SEE INITIAL REPORT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    947392 HEATER-COOLER SYSTEM 3T CONTROLLER, TEMPERATURE, CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DWC LIVANOVA DEUTSCHLAND 16-02-80

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NA Unknown Death