FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 2141175 · Received June 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00211
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). SAMPLE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REFERENCE MDR # 1219856-2011-00210 FOR THE FIRST EVENT INVOLVING THE SAME PATIENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON AN APPROX (B)(6) OLD MALE PATIENT. A NEW KIT WAS OPENED AND THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. THE SYRINGE WAS REMOVED LEAVING THE VALVE INTACT. THE FIBER OPTIX SENSOR (FOS) WAS CONNECTED TO THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) WHICH LITE APPROPRIATELY. THEN THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED INTO THE LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY VIA THE TEFLON SHEATH, AT WHICH TIME THE PUMP WAS STARTED AND AN ALARM OCCURRED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK. THEY REMOVED BOTH THE SHEATH AND IAB AS ONE AND IN THE PROCESS THE FEMORAL ARTERY BECAME INJURED. THE FEMORAL ARTERY REQUIRED SURGICAL REPAIR. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH INOTROPIC SUPPORT AND DID OKAY. THERE WAS A DELAY IN TREATMENT WITH NO PATIENT DEATH. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED A FEW DAYS LATER WITH NO OTHER COMPLICATIONS.

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