FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BIOFLEX TESIO CATHETER

MDR report key: 2212695 · Received August 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
2518902-2011-00081
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 11, 2011
Date of Event
June 18, 2011
Report Date
August 11, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDCOMP
Product Code
MSD
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ONE VENOUS TESIO EXTENSION ASSEMBLY WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. A VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE DEVICE REVEALED THAT THE LUER PULLED OUT OF THE EXTENSION TUBING. THE LUER AND THE EXTENSION TUBING ARE DISCOLORED AND SHOW SIGNS OF WEAR. A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS INDICATED ALL DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS AND QUALITY REQUIREMENTS WERE SATISFIED. A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE INDICATED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST REPORTED INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE FOR THIS DEVICE. THE INCIDENT REPORT NOTED THAT THE CATHETER WAS IMPLANTED AND FUNCTIONED WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR LONGER THAN THREE YEARS. DUE TO THE LENGTH OF IMPLANTATION WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR FACTORS WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE "LUER LOCK END OF VENOUS EXTENSION SET CAME APART FROM ACTUAL BODY OF EXTENSION SET/LINE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BIOFLEX TESIO CATHETER HEMODIALYSIS CATHETER MSD MEDCOMP UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Required Intervention