FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC

MDR report key: 1772600 · Received July 23, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00509
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 23, 2010
Date of Event
July 12, 2010
Report Date
July 21, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K000729
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REFERENCE MDR #1219856-2010-00508 FOR THE FIRST EVENT INVOLVING THE SAME PT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED, VASCULAR ACCESS ACHIEVED, SUPER ARROW-FLEX (SAF) SHEATH INSERTED INTO THE PT'S LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY. AS THE MD WAS INSERTING THE IAB INTO THE SAF SHEATH, THE IAB BECAME STUCK IN THE SAF SHEATH. THE IAB GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHEATH INTRODUCER. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL BACK THE CATHETER, SO A COMPLETE REMOVAL OF SHEATH, SPRING WIRE GUIDE (SWG) AND IAB WAS NECESSARY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH OR INJURY. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS. THE DELAY IN THERAPY IS LISTED AS 15 MINUTES TOTAL. THE PT OUTCOME IS LISTED AS "FINE." A THIRD IAB (IAB-05840-U) WAS SUCCESSFULLY INSERTED, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE INSERTION SITE OF THE THIRD IAB.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PRODUCTS DSP ARROW INTL., INC. MF9088685

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other