FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

NA

MDR report key: 1900565 · Received October 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00762
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 29, 2010
Date of Event
October 10, 2010
Report Date
October 28, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
UNK
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
RI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER RECEIVING A FIELD SERVICE ALERT (FSA), THE CATH LAB MANAGER WAS INFORMED BY THE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTIES DESCRIBED IN THE FSA; THE MD STATED "HAPPENED TO ME SUNDAY NIGHT, PT IN SHOCK." ON (B)(6) 2010, THE SALES REP VISITED THE CUSTOMER. THE PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT STATED THAT THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) "GOT STUCK IN THE SHEATH, THEY OPENED ANOTHER IAB AND SUCCESSFULLY INSERTED THE SECOND ONE." THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH OR INJURY. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE DELAY IN IAB THERAPY WAS LISTED AS "UNTIL ANOTHER IAB COULD BE INSERTED." THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS. THE PT OUTCOME IS "OK." ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED FROM THE SALES REP ON (B)(6) 2010, STATED THAT ON (B)(6) 2010, SHE IN-SERVICED THE STAFF AND PHYSICIANS IN THE CATH LAB AT THIS FACILITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 NA INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PRODUCTS DSP ARROW INTL., INC. NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK