FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NAVISTAR¿ ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETER

MDR report key: 2200895 · Received August 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
9673241-2011-00085
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 11, 2011
Date of Event
July 19, 2011
Report Date
July 19, 2011
Manufacturer
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. (JUAREZ)
Product Code
DRF
PMA / PMN Number
P990025
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CATHETER WAS TESTED AND PASSED DEFLECTION, ELECTRICAL, LEAKAGE, TEMPERATURE AND GENERATOR TESTS. CATHETER APPEARS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED. NO ANOMALIES RELATED TO THIS EVENT WERE FOUND. IN ADDITION, THE DHR REVIEW VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES. COMPLAINT CONDITION CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CONCOMITANT DEVICES: STOCKERT, US CATALOG # S7001, (B)(4); CARTO XP, US CATALOG # M470001, (B)(4). THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED THAT THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THE BWI EQUIPMENT OR PRODUCTS TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE PATIENT INCIDENT. THE CUSTOMER DECLINED TO HAVE THE BWI EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONAL TESTED. (B)(4). THE CATHETER WAS TESTED AND PASSED DEFLECTION, ELECTRICAL, LEAKAGE, TEMPERATURE AND GENERATOR TESTS. CATHETER APPEARS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED. NO ANOMALIES RELATED TO THIS EVENT WERE FOUND. IN ADDITION, THE DHR REVIEW VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES COMPLAINT CONDITION CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A STROKE DURING A LEFT SIDED IDIOPATHIC VT ABLATION. THE PHYSICIAN HAD MAPPED THE LEFT VENTRICLE USING A NAVISTAR CATHETER WITH CARTO XP AND HAD APPLIED THE FIFTH RF LESION WHEN THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF PARTIAL VISION LOSS IN HER RIGHT EYE. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT THE ACT WAS 260. THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE CATHETERS AND HAD THE LAB STAFF ADMINISTER A BOLUS OF HEPARIN. PATIENT VS WERE STABLE AND A NEURO CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT HAD NO OTHER NEURO DEFICITS AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE ALL EXTREMITIES. THE PATIENT WAS SENT FOR A CT SCAN AND PRIOR TO LEAVING STATED HER VISION HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE BWI PRODUCTS USED IN THE PROCEDURE INCLUDED THE CARTO XP, STOCKERT, AND A NAVISTAR CATHETER. THE CATHETER HAS BEEN SAVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 NAVISTAR¿ ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETER CATHETER, ELECTRODE RECORDING DRF BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. (JUAREZ) D-1183-08-S 15328268M

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| O| R