BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ON-Q PUMP

    MDR report key: 2200859 · Received August 8, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    2026095-2011-00218
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    August 8, 2011
    Date of Event
    July 26, 1999
    Report Date
    July 11, 2011
    Manufacturer
    I-FLOW CORP.
    Product Code
    MEB
    PMA / PMN Number
    UNK
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    NOT APPLICABLE

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    METHOD: NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND INVESTIGATION. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED, THEREFORE, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. RESULTS: THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER. THE REPORT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE, OR OTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. WITHOUT THE ACTUAL PRODUCT OR DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT, AN ANALYSIS CANNOT BE CONDUCTED. THE ON-Q PUMP DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU) CONTAIN A WARNING THAT STATES: "AVOID PLACING THE CATHETER IN JOINT SPACES. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE ESTABLISHED CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP, SOME LITERATURE HAS SHOWN A POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CONTINUOUS INTRA-ARTICULAR INFUSIONS (PARTICULARLY WITH BUPIVACAINE) AND THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPEMENT OF CHONDROLYSIS." (DFU 1304265, REV. L). I-FLOW HAS ALSO PREPARED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ENTITLED "WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHONDROLYSIS TODAY." (1303722, REV. E). IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS PERTINENT TO THIS EVENT BECOMES AVAILABLE, I-FLOW WILL SUBMIT A FOLLOW-UP REPORT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    DRUG/DILUENT: UNKNOWN. FILL VOLUME: UNKNOWN. FLOW RATE: UNKNOWN. PROCEDURE: ARTHROSCOPIC. CATHPLACE: ELBOW JOINT. PATIENT ALLEGEDLY DEVELOPED SEVERE LOSS OF CARTILAGE IN HER ELBOW FOLLOWING PLACEMENT OF AN ON-Q PAINBUSTER PUMP AFTER SURGERY IN OR ABOUT (B)(6), 1999.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ON-Q PUMP ELASTOMERIC PUMP MEB I-FLOW CORP. UNK UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNK Other