FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 2193417 · Received July 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00242
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 13, 2011
Date of Event
June 28, 2011
Report Date
July 12, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REFERENCE MDR # 1219856-2011-00240 FOR THE FIRST EVENT AND MDR #1219856-2011-00241 FOR THE SECOND EVENT INVOLVING THE SAME PT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE CATH LAB, THE MD INSERTED THE SHEATH INTO THE PT'S LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY. THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS INSERTED AND UPON THE INITIAL INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) START UP, IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO AP (ARTERIAL PRESSURE) ON THE CONSOLE. THE RN IN THE ROOM NOTED THAT THE CENTRAL LUMEN WAS BLOCKED; THE MD THEN USED A SYRINGE TO FLUSH THE CENTRAL LUMEN WITH HEPARIN SALINE. BLOOD CLOTS WERE NOTED FROM THE CENTRAL LUMEN. THE MD DECIDED TO REMOVE THE IAB FROM THE PT DUE TO THE BLOCKED CENTRAL LUMEN AND THEY COULD NOT GET AN AP SIGNAL. ANOTHER IAB WAS NOT INSERTED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH OR INJURY. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. IABP THERAPY WAS DELAYED FOR OVER 8 MINUTES. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS AND THE PT OUTCOME IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE PT OUTCOME IS THE PT WAS TAKEN TO CORONARY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY.

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 KF1049926

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP