FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AVANTA FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2534357 · Received April 9, 2012

Report

Report Number
2520313-2012-00015
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 9, 2012
Date of Event
March 15, 2012
Report Date
March 15, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDRAD
Product Code
DXT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ME, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A MEDRAD SERVICE ENGINEER PERFORMED A SYSTEM SERVICE CHECK OF THE AVANTA FLUID MANAGEMENT INJECTION SYSTEM ON (B)(4) 2012 AND THE UNIT WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING TO SPECIFICATION. THE SITE INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO ERROR MESSAGES ON THE INJECTOR AT THE TIME OF THE REPORTED INCIDENT. THE SITE HAD MENTIONED TO A MEDRAD REP THAT THIS REPORTED INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO USER ERROR. THE SITE CONTINUES TO USE THE INJECTOR AFTER THE REPORTED EVENT - NO FURTHER ISSUES WERE REPORTED. THE SITE DID NOT DISCLOSE THE LOT NUMBER FOR THE MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET (MPAT) THAT WAS IN USE DURING THE REPORTED ISSUE. THE SINGLE-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET (SPAT) THAT WAS IN USE DURING THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED AS LOT NUMBER 113802; HOWEVER THE SITE WOULD NOT RELEASE THE DISPOSABLE FOR EVAL. MEDRAD QUALITY ASSURANCE PRODUCT ANALYSIS EXAMINED A RETAINED SPAT SAMPLE FROM LOT NUMBER 113802. NO VISUAL OR FUNCTIONAL DEFECTS WERE IDENTIFIED - THE PRODUCT PERFORMED TO MEDRAD SPECIFICATION. ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS TRAINING WAS PROVIDED ON (B)(4) 2012. FURTHER FOLLOW UP TRAINING IS SCHEDULED ON (B)(4) 2012.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE SITE REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: A PT WITH AN EXTENSIVE MEDICAL HISTORY AND AN ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH UNDERWENT AND LEFT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MYOCARDIAL BIOPSY TO SCREEN FOR HEMOCHROMATOSIS. PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A PRESSURE WIRE, A DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE WAS PERFORMED USING THE AVANTA INJECTOR. AIR WAS VISUALIZED FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESSURE WIRE INTO THE CORONARY ARTERY. THE PT'S VITAL SIGNS BEGAN TO DECLINE. THE PT REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION, WHICH INCLUDED INTUBATION FOLLOWED BY AN INSERTION OF AN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP. THE PT WAS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AVANTA FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ANGIOGRAPHIC INJECTOR DXT MEDRAD AVA 500 TABL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR Hospitalization| R AVANTA MULTI-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET (MPAT)| AVANTA SINGLE-PATIENT DISPOSABLE SET (SPAT)