FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

ON-X CONFORM -X MITRAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

MDR report key: 2326579 · Received October 7, 2011

Report

Report Number
1649833-2011-00010
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 7, 2011
Date of Event
September 7, 2011
Report Date
October 7, 2011
Manufacturer
ON-X LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
LWQ
PMA / PMN Number
P000037
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

VALVE HAS BEEN RETURNED, INVESTIGATION NOT YET COMPLETED. IN ALL PAST CASES OF CARBON PART BREAKAGE, THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION WAS "IATROGENIC", I.E., SOME SORT OF IMPROPER, ROUGH TREATMENT OF THE VALVE. THERE HAS BEEN NO STRUCTURAL DYSFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ON-X PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE IN ITS HISTORY. SO, THE CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT IN THE PAST.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEAFLET BECAME DISLODGED DURING ATTEMPT TO ROTATE THE VALVE TO CLEAR INTERFERENCE FROM UNDERLYING PAPILLARY MUSCLES. PT RECOVERED FROM THE SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ON-X CONFORM -X MITRAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE MECHANICAL HEART VALVE LWQ ON-X LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ONXMC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Required Intervention