FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EASYPUMP C-BLOC WITH SAF, 400 X 2-14

MDR report key: 2427271 · Received January 5, 2012

Report

Report Number
2026095-2011-00456
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 5, 2012
Date of Event
December 7, 2011
Report Date
December 8, 2011
Manufacturer
I-FLOW, LLC
Product Code
MEB
PMA / PMN Number
K063530
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD: SAMPLE HAS NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED, BUT WAS REPORTED TO BE AVAILABLE. RESULTS: WITHOUT THE ACTUAL PRODUCT, AN ANALYSIS CANNOT BE CONDUCTED. PRODUCT PENDING RECEIPT. CONCLUSIONS: A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED WHEN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I-FLOW PROVIDES A "CAUTION" ON ITS DFU WHICH STATES THE FOLLOWING: CAUTIONS: DO NOT UNDER FILL PUMP. UNDER FILLING THE PUMP MAY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE FLOW RATE. FILLING THE PUMP LESS THAN NOMINAL RESULTS IN FASTER FLOW RATE. FILLING THE PUMP GREATER THAN NOMINAL RESULTS IN SLOWER FLOW RATE. TEMPERATURE WILL AFFECT SOLUTION VISCOSITY, RESULTING IN FASTER OR SLOWER FLOW RATE. THE EASYPUMP C-BLOC RA SELECT-A-FLOW HAS BEEN CALIBRATED USING NORMAL SALINE (NS) AS THE DILUENT AND ROOM TEMPERATURE (22 DECREES CELSIUS, 72 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) AS THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, THE SELECT-A-FLOW SHOULD BE WORN OUTSIDE CLOTHING AND KEPT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DRUG/DILUENT: LEVOBUPIVACAINE AND SALINE. FILL VOLUME: 400 ML. FLOW RATE: 6 ML/HR. PROCEDURE: EPIDURAL ANALGESIA AFTER CESAREAN. CATHPLACE: UNKNOWN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PUMP EMPTIED IN ABOUT 30-35 HOURS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT HAD MOTOR BLOCK IN ADDITION TO ANALGESIA. NO ADVERSE REACTION. DATE OF EVENT: (B)(6) 2011.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EASYPUMP C-BLOC WITH SAF, 400 X 2-14 ELASTOMERIC PUMP MEB I-FLOW, LLC 5001463 142621

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1