FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SMART PORT CT

MDR report key: 24817763 · Received April 8, 2026

Report

Report Number
1319211-2026-00096
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 8, 2026
Date of Event
June 21, 2023
Report Date
April 29, 2026
Manufacturer
ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Product Code
LJT
UDI-DI
15051684018005
PMA / PMN Number
K062414
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DEVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE EVENT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE SENT VIA A FOLLOW UP MEDWATCH. REFERENCE (B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PRIOR TO 2021, PLAINTIFF WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, A FORM OF BLOOD CANCER. THE TREATMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS' CANCER INCLUDED CHEMOTHERAPY. IN ORDER TO ADMINISTER THE CHEMOTHERAPY MEDICATIONS TO PLAINTIFF, HER PHYSICIANS HAD A PORT-A-CATHETER PLACED IN HER. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2021, PLAINTIFF UNDERWENT PLACEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING: ANGIODYNAMICS' "SMARTPORT", IDENTIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING: MODEL NUMBER: CT75STSD, LOT NUMBER: 5723799, MANUFACTURER: ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. 26 FOREST STREET, MARLBOROUGH, MA 01752, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PLAINTIFFS CHEMOTHERAPY AT (B)(6). SUBSEQUENT TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SMARTPORT, THE PLAINTIFF WAS CAUSED TO DEVELOP AN INFECTION, IDENTIFIED AS BACTEREMIA / SEPSIS, WHICH UPON INFORMATION AND BELIEF, WAS CAUSED BY THE PORT CATHETER DEVICE. THE PLAINTIFF UNDERWENT MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE INFECTION. AS PART OF THIS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE INFECTION, PLAINTIFF WAS ADMITTED TO (B)(6) FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES CENTER ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2023, FOR TREATMENT OF BACTEREMIA/SEPSIS WHICH, UPON INFORMATION AND BELIEF, WAS CAUSED BY THE PORT CATHETER DEVICE. AS FURTHER TREATMENT FOR THE INFECTIONS, ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2023, THE PORT CATHETER WAS REMOVED ENTIRELY AT (B)(6) FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES CENTER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
90545 SMART PORT CT PORT & CATHETER, IMPLANTED, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAVASCULAR LJT ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. H787CT75STSD0 5723799 15051684018005

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Female Required Intervention| H| L| O