FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SENSATION

MDR report key: 2553536 · Received April 24, 2012

Report

Report Number
2553536
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 24, 2012
Date of Event
April 21, 2012
Report Date
April 24, 2012
Manufacturer
DATASCOPE CORPORATION
Product Code
DSP
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT ON AN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) WITH A RATIO OF 1:1 FOR FOUR (4) DAYS. AT 0920 AM THE PUMP STARTED ALARMING FOR LEAK IN SYSTEM. BLOOD LEAKING OUT IN THE IAB CATHETER. THE CATHETER CLAMPED, IABP PLACED ON STANDBY. THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE CATHETER AND PLACED ON A HEMOSTASIS DEVICE. NO LEAKING AROUND THE SITE; PHYSICIAN NOTED THAT BALLOON RUPTURED INSIDE. DURING EVENT, PATIENT HEMODYNAMICS STABLE. AFTER TWO HOURS, CARDIAC INDEX (CI) WAS LOWER AND PATIENT NEEDED A HIGHER DOSE OF DOPAMINE AND DOBUTAMINE INFUSIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SENSATION CATHETER, INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON DSP DATASCOPE CORPORATION SENSATION *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR