FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BIOMEDICUS ONE PIECE FEMORAL CANNULA KIT

MDR report key: 1982500 · Received February 1, 2011

Report

Report Number
2184009-2011-00008
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 1, 2011
Date of Event
November 14, 2010
Report Date
January 4, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PERFUSION SYSTEMS
Product Code
DQY
PMA / PMN Number
K884129
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL METHOD: DEVICE HISTORY REVIEWED. RESULTS: DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW FOUND THE PRODUCT MET SPECIFICATIONS WHEN RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. CONCLUSION: CAUSE OF EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED. ANALYSIS: NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS WAS LIMITED TO DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW. REVIEW OF MFG RECORDS FOR THIS PRODUCT DID NOT REVEAL ANY ABNORMALITIES OR NON-CONFORMANCES. CONCLUSION: THE INFO OBTAINED RELATED TO THIS EVENT SEEMS UNCLEAR. APPARENTLY THIS EVENT HAPPENED IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BY THE ECMO TEAM. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFO IT IS POSSIBLE THE DEVICE WAS USED FOR A PURPOSE BEYOND ITS INTENDED USE (INSERTED INTO OPEN VESSEL, ETC), THE PRODUCT WAS NOT USED PROPERLY, OR THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING/MISCOMMUNICATION OF THE EVENT. BASED ON THE HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE OF THIS PRODUCT, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO INSERT THE STRAIGHTENER INTO A PT AND THEN LOSE THE GUIDEWIRE USED DURING THE PROCEDURE WITHIN THE PT. IN CONCLUSION: A CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BIOMEDICUS ONE PIECE FEMORAL CANNULA KIT DQY MEDTRONIC PERFUSION SYSTEMS 96530-015 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1