FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PAS-PORT PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2247619 · Received September 9, 2011

Report

Report Number
3004114958-2011-00004
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 9, 2011
Date of Event
August 10, 2011
Report Date
August 10, 2011
Manufacturer
CARDICA, INC.
Product Code
FZP
PMA / PMN Number
K081225
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS PAS-PORT DEVICE, WITH A SECOND PAS-PORT REPORTED IN (B)(4), WAS ONE OF TWO USED IN A CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY. THE PAS-PORT WAS DEPLOYED BUT THE IMPLANT WAS NOT FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE AORTA. THE PAS-PORT IMPLANT WAS EXPLANTED AND THE GRAFT WAS HAND SEWN. PT WENT INTO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION AND REQUIRED MULTIPLE DEFIBRILLATIONS TO RESTORE NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM. PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE PT WAS "DOING FINE" 1-1/2 WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT. BASED ON DISCUSSION WITH THE SURGEON, VISUALIZATION DIFFICULTY MAY HAVE PREVENTED PLACEMENT OF THE PAS-PORT DEVICE FLUSH TO THE SURFACE OF THE AORTA PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PAS-PORT PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS SYSTEM CLIP, IMPLANTABLE FZP CARDICA, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention