FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CSF DRAINAGE SYSTEM W/VINYL MEASURING STRIP

MDR report key: 1935457 · Received November 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
2648988-2010-00088
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 10, 2010
Date of Event
October 8, 2010
Report Date
November 10, 2010
Manufacturer
INTEGRA NEUROSCIENCES PR
Product Code
JXG
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DATE, THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE REPORTED INCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR EVAL. AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN BASED UPON THE REPORTED INFO.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CSF DRAINAGE SYSTEM (10140) WITH VINYL MEASURING STRIP WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; AN (B)(6) YEAR-OLD, FEMALE, PT, WHO WAS POST OPERATIVE LAMINECTOMY, HAD A CSF DRAINAGE SYSTEM (EXTERNAL INTEGRA MONITOR DRAIN) PLACED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO EMPTY THE BURETTE INTO THE DRAIN BAG, THE BURETTE WOULD NOT DRAIN INTO THE BAG AFTER OPENING THE STOPCOCK. A SYRINGE WAS ATTACHED TO THE PORT NEAR THE STOPCOCK, AND NO CSF COULD BE DRAINED FROM THE PORT INTO THE SYRINGE. FINALLY A NEEDLE WAS INSERTED TO MANUALLY PERFORATE THE STOPCOCK TO ALLOW EMPTYING OF THE BURETTE. THE PT DID NOT EXPERIENCE AN INJURY AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, NO REVISION WAS REQUIRED AND THERE WAS NO DELAY IN THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CSF DRAINAGE SYSTEM W/VINYL MEASURING STRIP NA JXG INTEGRA NEUROSCIENCES PR 1102765 OR 1102399

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 85 YR