FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SPLIT SEPTUM MICRO T-CONNECTOR

MDR report key: 22175580 · Received June 10, 2025

Report

Report Number
22175580
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 10, 2025
Date of Event
May 19, 2025
Report Date
May 28, 2025
Manufacturer
HUMMINGBIRD MED DEVICES INC
Product Code
FPA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

1) [DATE REDACTED] PATIENT 1. THE MICRO T-CONNECTOR OF THE HUMMI DEVICE ON THE PATIENT'S ARTERIAL LINE CRACKED AND CAME APART AT THE CONNECTION SITE OF THE T-CONNECTOR (SO THERE WAS NO PLACE TO CLAMP THE LINE IN ORDER TO STOP THE BLEEDING). DUE TO OUR INABILITY TO CLAMP THE T-CONNECTOR, WE HELD PRESSURE ON THE ARTERIAL INSERTION SITE AND THEN ULTIMATELY REMOVED THE LINE COMPLETELY. ONCE THE LINE WAS REMOVED AND PRESSURE WAS HELD ON THE SITE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THE BLEEDING STOPPED. 2) [DATE REDACTED] PATIENT 2. THE MOM WAS HOLDING THE PATIENT WHEN THE NURSE (RN) NOTICED THE ARTERIAL WAVEFORM DAMPENING. RN WENT TO THE BEDSIDE TO CHECK ON THE ARTERIAL LINE. THE MOM ASKED TO HELP PUT PATIENT BACK IN BED. RN PULLED OFF BLANKET AND NOTICED A POOL OF BLOOD - UPON INSPECTION WITH A SECOND RN, DRESSING WAS STILL INTACT BUT THERE APPEARED TO BE A CRACK ON THE HUMMI T-CONNECTOR WHERE BLOOD WAS DRIPPING. THE PROVIDER CAME IN QUICKLY TO ASSIST IN CHANGING OUT THE T-PIECE WHICH RESOLVED THE BLEED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1633430 SPLIT SEPTUM MICRO T-CONNECTOR SET, ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVASCULAR FPA HUMMINGBIRD MED DEVICES INC NMT8046

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 5 MO Female