FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR -40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1895523 · Received November 5, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00794
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 5, 2010
Date of Event
October 25, 2010
Report Date
November 1, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). SAMPLE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED VIA A PHONE CALL FROM THE RN IN THE OPERATING ROOM TO THE COMPLAINT MGMT. DEPT, THAT WHILE IN THE OPERATING ROOM THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED AND THE MD INSERTED THE SUPER ARROW-FLEX (SAF) SHEATH IN THE PT'S FEMORAL ARTERY. THE MD FOUND THAT THE IAB BECAME STUCK IN THE SAF SHEATH AND REMOVED THE IAB AND SAF SHEATH AS ONE UNIT. A HEMATOMA WAS NOTICED AT THE INSERTION SITE AND PER THE RN "PRESSURE WAS APPLIED". THE MD PREPPED ANOTHER IAB AND INSERTED A NEW SHEATH INTO THE CONTRALATERAL SIDE OF THE PT. THE MD THEN INSERTED THE SECOND IAB (UNK PROD NUMBER) WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE DELAY IN THERAPY WAS DESCRIBED AS THE TIME FRAME IT TOOK TO PREP AND INSERT THE SECOND IAB SUCCESSFULLY. THE PT COMPLICATION IS THE HEMATOMA LOCATED AT THE FIRST INSERTION SITE. THE OUTCOME OF THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB: 8 FR -40 CC FOS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM (FOS) DSP ARROW INTL., INC. RF0098039

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other