FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 30 CC

MDR report key: 2002514 · Received January 28, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00037
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 28, 2011
Date of Event
January 12, 2011
Report Date
January 26, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K970689
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
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 WHILE IN THE OPERATING ROOM THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS INSERTED INTO THE PATIENTS' RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY. IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PERFUSIONIST THAT FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) THERAPY BEGAN, BLOOD WAS NOTICED AT THE BIFURCATION. THE TUBING WAS CLAMPED IMMEDIATELY. THE PUMP (B)(4) DID NOT ALARM AND NO STRIPS WERE GENERATED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT DEATH OR INJURY. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE IAB WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE DELAY IN IABP THERAPY IS LISTED AS FIVE MINUTES. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AND THE PATIENT OUTCOME IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB : 8 FR - 30 CC INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PRODUCTS DSP ARROW INTL., INC. NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR ANTICOAGULANT| PLAVIX| EPARINE| IABP