BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    SMART PORT

    MDR report key: 23883628 · Received December 23, 2025

    Report

    Report Number
    1319211-2025-00065
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    December 23, 2025
    Date of Event
    September 11, 2017
    Report Date
    December 23, 2025
    Manufacturer
    ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
    Product Code
    LJT
    PMA / PMN Number
    K062414
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    003

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    THE CUSTOMER'S REPORTED COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION OF PATIENT INFECTION CANNOT BE CONFIRMED GIVEN THE PATIENT CENTRIC NATURE OF THIS SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENT (SAE). NO PORT DEVICE WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION SINCE THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PORT DEVICE MALFUNCTION, DAMAGE OR PERFORMANCE ISSUE DURING IN SITU USE/TREATMENT. DEVICE HISTORY AND STERILIZATION RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED SINCE THERE WAS NO REPORTED LOT NUMBER OR PACKAGED GOOD ITEM NUMBER. THE PORT WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PATIENT 12 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PATIENT'S INFECTION. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PORT DEVICE MALFUNCTION OR PERFORMANCE ISSUE DURING USE. POTENTIAL ROOT CAUSE FOR INFECTION IS THE PORT IMPLANT PROCEDURE AND/OR PORT ACCESS. DEVICE DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU) CAUTIONS THAT EACH ACCESS OF THE PORT SHOULD BE PERFORMED USING ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE, FOLLOWING THE INSTITUTIONS UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS. THERE IS NO INDICATION FROM THE REPORTED COMPLAINT THAT THE MANUFACTURING/PACKAGING/STERILIZATION OF THE PORT DEVICE COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT'S INFECTION. INFECTION IS CAUTIONED IN THE DEVICE DFU AS A POTENTIAL COMPLICATION OF PORT SYSTEM USE. LABELING REVIEW: THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU) THAT IS PROVIDED WITH THE PORT DEVICE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS: WARNINGS: · THE DEVICE IS TO BE IMPLANTED, USED, MAINTAINED, AND REMOVED IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH INSTITUTIONAL AND OR CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) GUIDELINES OR POLICIES. · REUSE OF SINGLE-USE DEVICES CREATES A POTENTIAL RISK OF PATIENT OR USER INFECTIONS. CONTAMINATION OF THE DEVICE MAY LEAD TO INJURY, ILLNESS OR DEATH OF THE PATIENT. · DO NOT USE SYRINGES SMALLER THAN 10 ML SYRINGE WHEN ACCESSING THE PORT AS SYSTEM DAMAGE CAN OCCUR. FLUSHING OCCLUDED CATHETERS WITH SMALL SYRINGES CAN CREATE EXCESSIVE PRESSURES WITHIN THE PORT SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONS · CAREFULLY READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO USE. · STRICT ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE WHEN IMPLANTING ANY DEVICE. · FOR PERIPHERAL PLACEMENT, IRRITATION TO THE VEIN, RESULTING IN POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOPHLEBITIS, HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH GUIDEWIRE AND INTRODUCER INSERTION. · WHEN USING PERCUTANEOUS INTRODUCERS: TO AVOID BLOOD VESSEL DAMAGE, DO NOT ALLOW THE PERCUTANEOUS INTRODUCER SHEATH TO REMAIN INDWELLING IN THE BLOOD VESSEL WITHOUT THE INTERNAL SUPPORT OF A CATHETER OR DILATOR. · IF MORE THAN ONE DRUG IS TO BE ADMINISTERED, BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL DRUG APPLICATIONS, FLUSH THE SYSTEM WITH 5 TO 10 ML NORMAL SALINE FOR INJECTION TO PREVENT DRUG INTERACTIONS. · AFTER ANY INFUSION, INJECTION OR BOLUS APPLICATION, THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE FLUSHED WITH NORMAL SALINE FOR INJECTION OR LOCKED WITH A HEPARIN SOLUTION PER INSTITUTIONAL PROTOCOL TO PREVENT THROMBOTIC OCCLUSION OF THE CATHETER. POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS USE OF AN ANGIODYNAMICS PORT SYSTEM INVOLVES POTENTIAL RISKS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSERTION OR USE OF ANY IMPLANTED DEVICE OR INDWELLING CATHETER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: AIR EMBOLISM CATHETER DISCONNECTION OR MIGRATION CATHETER EMBOLIZATION CATHETER FRAGMENTATION CATHETER PINCH-OFF CLOT FORMATION DRUG EXTRAVASATION (LEAKAGE) EROSION OF VESSEL AND SKIN IMPLANT REJECTION INFECTION INFLAMMATION THROMBOEMBOLISM THROMBOPHLEBITIS THROMBOSIS NECROSIS OF SCARRING OF SKIN OVER IMPLANT AREA VESSEL TRAUMA POST-OPERATIVE CARE THE INCISION SITE SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, HEMATOMA, DEVICE ROTATION OR EROSION. ROUTINE WOUND CARE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THESE SITES. THE SMART PORT CT IMPLANTABLE PORT MAY BE USED IMMEDIATELY AFTER VERIFICATION OF CATHETER PLACEMENT. INSTRUCT PATIENT TO AVOID ANY HEAVY EXERTION OR STRENUOUS ACTIVITY DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER SURGERY. GENERAL GUIDELINES · EACH ACCESS OF AN ANGIODYNAMICS SMART PORT CT IMPLANTABLE PORT SHOULD BE PERFORMED USING ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE. · FOLLOW INSTITUTIONAL UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS. A REVIEW OF THE ANGIODYNAMICS COMPLAINT SYSTEM NOTED NO ADVERSE TRENDS FOR THIS COMPLAINT TYPE AND PRODUCT FAMILY. THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED FOR TRENDS. REFERENCE (B)(4).

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2017, (B)(6) UNDERWENT PLACEMENT OF AN ANGIODYNAMICS SMART PORT CT PRODUCT. THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED AT (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER, TO BE USED FOR CHEMOTHERAPY. DEFENDANT MANUFACTURED, SOLD, AND/OR DISTRIBUTED THE SMART PORT CT TO DECEDENT (B)(6) THROUGH DECEDENT'S DOCTORS, TO BE USED FOR CHEMOTHERAPY. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2017, (B)(6) WAS ADMITTED TO THE ICU AND URGENTLY INTUBATED DUE TO ACUTE HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE, WHERE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEPTIC SHOCK DUE TO PORT INFECTION. AS A RESULT OF HAVING THE SMART PORT CT IMPLANTED, DECEDENT EXPERIENCED DEATH, AND PAST PAIN AND SUFFERING, AND HAD SUFFERED FINANCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2507875 SMART PORT PORT & CATHETER, IMPLANTED, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAVASCULAR LJT ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NA Unknown Other| R| H| D| L