FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 2141154 · Received June 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00210
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 22, 2011
Date of Event
May 26, 2011
Report Date
June 17, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED IF ADDITIONAL INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON AN APPROXIMATELY (B)(6) MALE PATIENT . PRIOR TO INSERTION, THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AND THE SYRINGE WAS REMOVED. THE FIBER OPTIX SENSOR (FOS) WAS CONNECTED TO THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP), LIGHTING APPROPRIATELY. THE CATHETER WAS THEN INSERTED INTO THE RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY VIA THE TEFLON SHEATH. THE IAB BECAME CAUGHT IN THE TEFLON SHEATH, AT WHICH TIME THEY REMOVED BOTH THE SHEATH AND CATHETER AS ONE AND IN THE PROCESS THE FEMORAL ARTERY BECAME INJURED. THE FEMORAL ARTERY REQUIRED SURGICAL REPAIR. REFERENCE MDR #1219856-2011-00211 FOR THE SECOND EVENT INVOLVING THE SAME PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM (FOS) DSP ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC KR1039568

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Required Intervention