FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB : 7.5 FR - 30 CC

MDR report key: 1994261 · Received January 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00004
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 14, 2011
Date of Event
December 21, 2010
Report Date
January 7, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K000729
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

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 A FEMALE PT AGE (B)(6) YEARS OLD WAS HAVING AN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) INSERTED IN THE CATH LAB. THE IAB WAS PREPPED PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AND THE LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY WAS ACCESSED USING THE TEFLON SHEATH. THE PT DID NOT HAVE TORTUOUS OR CALCIFIED VESSELS. THE IAB WAS INSERTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WHEN THE PUMP WAS STARTED, IT "HIGH PRESSURE ALARMED" AND BLOOD MADE ITS WAY BACK INTO THE IAB TUBING. THE IAB WAS REMOVED WITH THE TEFLON SHEATH LEFT INTACT AND A NEW IAB WAS INSERTED. THERE WAS NO PT DEATH, INJURIES OR COMPLICATIONS. THE PT OUTCOME WAS LISTED AS "GOOD."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB : 7.5 FR - 30 CC INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PRODUCTS DSP ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC MF9067352

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK