FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 8 FR - 30 CC FOS

MDR report key: 2266071 · Received September 8, 2011

Report

Report Number
1219856-2011-00317
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 8, 2011
Date of Event
August 29, 2011
Report Date
September 1, 2011
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
Z-0792-2011
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). SAMPLE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE EVENT INVOLVED A MALE PT, (B)(6). ACCORDING TO THE EVENT, THE PT WAS VERY SICK. WHILE IN THE CATH LAB AND AS THE PT WAS UNSTABLE AND CODING, THE SUPER ARROW-FLEX (SAF) SHEATH WAS INSERTED VIA THE PT'S FEMORAL ARTERY. AS THE MD WAS INSERTING THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) INTO THE SAF SHEATH, THE IAB BECAME STUCK IN THE SAF SHEATH. THE IAB WOULD NOT PASS THROUGH THE SAF SHEATH; THE PROXIMAL END OF THE IAB MEMBRANE WOULD NOT EXIT THE DISTAL TIP OF THE SAF SHEATH. THE IAB AND SAF SHEATH WERE REMOVED. ANOTHER IAB WAS PREPPED FOR INSERTION. THE IAB WAS EXCHANGED UTILIZING A .018 SWG FROM THE CATH LAB STOCK. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH. INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) THERAPY WAS DELAYED. THE COMPLICATIONS WERE "THE PT WAS UNSTABLE AND CODING SIMULTANEOUS TO THIS INSERTION ACTIVITY." REFERENCE MDR #1219856-2011-00318 FOR THE SECOND EVENT, INVOLVING THE SAME PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB: 8 FR - 30 CC FOS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM (FOS) DSP ARROW INTERNATIONAL, LTD. MF0053022

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP