FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1900553 · Received October 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00761
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 29, 2010
Date of Event
October 5, 2010
Report Date
October 25, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE CARDIAC CATH LAB (CCL), THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED AND CALIBRATED IN THE "NORMAL FASHION." UPON INSERTING THE IAB THROUGH THE 8FR SHEATH, THE MD MET WITH "A LOT OF RESISTANCE." THE CCL MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE IAB UNRAVELED AND AS A RESULT, ANOTHER IAB WAS OPENED, PREPPED AND USED WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH OR INJURY. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE IAB THERAPY WAS INTERRUPTED / DELAYED; HOWEVER, THE TIME FRAME IS UNK. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS.

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. MF0032013

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK