FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1934630 · Received November 24, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00863
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 24, 2010
Date of Event
November 11, 2010
Report Date
November 23, 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
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). F/U REPORT WILL BE FILED IF ADDITIONAL INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE CATH LAB THE BALLOON BEGAN TO UNRAVEL WHEN THEY WERE INSERTING IT IN A 9FR SHEATH NOT FROM THE ARROW KIT. THE STAFF REPORTED THAT THE ONE-WAY VALVE WAS REMOVED PRIOR THE COMPLETE INSERTION. A SECOND BALLOON WAS INSERTED WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEY WERE NOT COMPLICATIONS NOTED AND THE PT REMAINS IN THE ICU WITH INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) THERAPY. ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2010 FROM THE SALES REP STATED "I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT RIGHT AFTER THE OCCURRENCE, I MET WITH THE DOCTOR, IT APPEARS THAT THE ONE-WAY VALVE WAS REMOVED PRIOR TO INSERTION WHICH CAUSED THE STUCK IN SHEATH SITUATION. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO FOLLOW THE PT INTO THE ICU WHERE HE WAS ON PUMP DOING WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED. NO COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE IAB OR PUMP." F/U INFO FROM THE SALES REP ON (B)(6) 2010 REPORTED THAT "THE PT IS OFF THE IABP SINCE SUNDAY WITH NO PROBLEMS TO REPORT."

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. KF0098039

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK