FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR - 30 CC

MDR report key: 2033899 · Received February 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00052
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 11, 2011
Date of Event
January 17, 2011
Report Date
February 7, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K000729
Removal / Correction Number
Z-0790/0793-2011
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TH
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 WHILE IN THE CARDIAC CARE UNIT, THE MD INSERTED THE SUPER ARROW-FLEX (SAF) SHEATH INTO THE PATIENT'S LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY. THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PASSED THROUGH THE SAF SHEATH AND BECAME STUCK INSIDE THE SHEATH. THE MD REMOVED THE IAB AND THE SAF SHEATH AS ONE UNIT. A DATASCOPE IAB WAS PREPPED AND USED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH INJURY. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE THERAPY WAS DELAYED FOR 20 MINUTES. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS. THE OUTCOME OF THE PT IS THAT THE PT SUCCESSFULLY REC'D HIS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP THERAPY.

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. KF0087756

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR DATASCOPE IAB| INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (BRAND UNK)