FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 1934670 · Received November 24, 2010

Report

Report Number
1219856-2010-00865
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 24, 2010
Date of Event
November 10, 2010
Report Date
November 23, 2010
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ME, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT IN THE CARDIOTHORACIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT(CTICU), A MALE PT WAS RECEIVING INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IABP) THERAPY. THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS INSERTED ON (B)(6) 2010 AT THE BEDSIDE AND THERAPY WAS DELIVERED FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE RN CARING FOR THE PT TURNED THE PT ON HIS SIDE AND NOTICED BLOOD IN THE TUBING. THE IAB WAS TURNED OFF AND REMOVED. THE IAB WAS NOT REPLACED AND THE PT WAS LISTED AS "OK." THERE WAS NO PT DEATH, INJURIES OR COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO THIS EVENT. THE PT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE ICU.

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 INTERNATIONAL INC UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP