FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1915491 · Received November 5, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00806
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 5, 2010
Date of Event
October 21, 2010
Report Date
November 4, 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
JA
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE CATH LAB A MALE PT WAS HAVING AN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) INSERTED AS AN EMERGENT CASE. THE PHYSICIAN INSERTED THE CATHETER IN THE SHEATH VIA THE LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY. HE ENCOUNTERED SLIGHT DIFFICULTY, BUT HE KEPT INSERTING THE CATHETER. WHEN THE CATHETER WENT INTO THE ARTERY, IT WAS NOTED THE BALLOON WAS RUPTURED. THE IAB CATHETER AND SHEATH WERE REMOVED TOGETHER AND REPLACED WITH A IAB-06840-U. THE SECOND INSERTION WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT PROBLEMS AND THE PUMP WAS USED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PT BLOOD VESSELS WERE NORMAL AND NOT CALCIFIED. THERE WAS NO PT DEATH, INJURY OR COMPLICATIONS NOTED. IT IS UNK IF THERE WAS A DELAY IN THERAPY WHILE A NEW IAB WAS INSERTED. THE PT'S OUTCOME WAS LISTED AS GOOD.

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. MF0073848

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP