FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CATH-LAB SHEATH INTRO SE T:

MDR report key: 1994253 · Received January 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
9680794-2011-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 14, 2011
Date of Event
January 4, 2011
Report Date
January 12, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DYB
PMA / PMN Number
K924607
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS BEING USED ON A MALE PT WITH TORTUOUS ANATOMY. THE SHEATH WAS PLACED IN THE PT'S LEFT FEMORAL AND THEY HAD DIFFICULTY PASSING EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE SHEATH. AT WHICH TIME, THEY DECIDED TO EXCHANGE THE SHEATH AND A SPRING WIRE GUIDE (SWG) WAS PASSED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE SHEATH, THEY FOUND IT HAD STARTED TO UNRAVEL. THE SHEATH WAS REMOVED INTACT FROM THE PT, AND ANOTHER SHEATH WAS PLACED SUCCESSFULLY. THERE WAS NO DELAY IN TREATMENT, NO PT DEATH AND NO PT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. THE PT WAS FINE. ADD'L INFO RECEIVED ON 01/04/2011 FROM THE HOSPITAL STATED THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO PASS THREE DIFFERENT CATHETERS THROUGH THE SHEATH. THE FIRST ONE WAS AN EB3 NANOCROSS, THE SECOND WAS A CSI PREDATOR CATHETER AND THIRD WAS A SPECTRENETICS LASER CATHETER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CATH-LAB SHEATH INTRO SE T: INTERVENTIONAL PSI PRODUCTS DYB ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC CF7085279

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR CSI PREDATOR CATHETER| SPECTRENETICS LASER CATHETER| EB3 NANOCROSS CATHETER