FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ICY® JAPAN, INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER KIT JAPAN CUSTOM LUER

MDR report key: 23204543 · Received October 2, 2025

Report

Report Number
3010617000-2025-00692
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 2, 2025
Date of Event
July 30, 2025
Report Date
November 7, 2025
Manufacturer
ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC.
Product Code
NCX
PMA / PMN Number
K101987
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

D4 (SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE, EXPIRATION DATE) WAS UPDATED. D9 (RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER) WAS UPDATED. H4 (DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE) WAS UPDATED. H6 CODES WERE UPDATED. THE REPORTED COMPLAINT OF CATHETER LEAK WAS CONFIRMED DURING A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED ICY CATHETER. A CIRCUMFERENTIAL TEAR WAS OBSERVED IN THE MEDIAL BALLOON. THE TEAR WAS LOCATED 2.5 CM AWAY FROM THE PROXIMAL END OF THE MEDIAL BALLOON. THE PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE WAS A LATENT MATERIAL DEFECT. DUE TO THE CONDITION IN WHICH THE CATHETER WAS RECEIVED, THE FUNCTIONAL TEST COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE DEFECTIVE CATHETER WAS SHIPPED. DURING MANUFACTURING, ALL CATHETERS ARE 100% INSPECTED FOR LEAKS BY SUBJECTING THEM TO PRESSURE TESTING. ONLY UNITS THAT PASSED ARE MOVED TO THE NEXT PROCESS. HISTORICAL COMPLAINTS WERE REVIEWED FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT, AND THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS REPORTED FOR THE ICY CATHETER WITH LOT NUMBER 211613.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ZOLL DID NOT RECEIVE THE CATHETER IN COMPLAINT FOR INVESTIGATION. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED IF AND WHEN THE PRODUCT IS RETURNED AND AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IVTM THERAPY WAS INITIATED USING AN ICY CATHETER (LOT # 211613) INSERTED INTO THE PATIENT'S RIGHT FEMORAL VEIN. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE INSERTION WAS SMOOTH OR DIFFICULT. DURING THE TREATMENT, BLOOD WAS OBSERVED FLOWING INTO THE START-UP KIT (SUK) TUBING. THE EXACT STAGE AT WHICH THIS OCCURRED IS UNKNOWN, AND NO "AIR TRAP" ALARM WAS REPORTED. THE CUSTOMER IDENTIFIED A CATHETER LEAK AS THE CAUSE, REPLACED BOTH THE CATHETER AND SUK, AND CONTINUED THERAPY. THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION REPORTED ON THE SUK. NO PATIENT INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2434390 ICY® JAPAN, INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER KIT JAPAN CUSTOM LUER INTRAVASCULAR CORE TEMPERATURE REGULATION SYSTEM CATHETER NCX ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC. 211613

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown