FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CARTO® 3 SYSTEM INTERFACE CABLE

MDR report key: 2810270 · Received October 31, 2012

Report

Report Number
2029046-2012-00146
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 31, 2012
Date of Event
October 1, 2012
Report Date
October 1, 2012
Manufacturer
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC (IRWINDALE)
Product Code
DQK
PMA / PMN Number
K090017
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT INVESTIGATION WILL NOT BE PERFORMED SINCE WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE BWI FIELD REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED. SINCE NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED, NO DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD BE PERFORMED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: SMART TOUCH BIDIRECTIONAL, MODEL# D-1327-00-S, LOT # UNKNOWN (NOT FDA APPROVED). (B)(4) ARE RELATED TO THE SAME EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN AFIB PROCEDURE, ALL ECG SIGNALS WERE FLAT LINED AND THAT IT APPEARED THAT ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CAME TO THE PATIENT. UPON FOLLOW UP, BWI RECEIVED THE INFORMATION ON (B)(6) 2012 (WHICH CHANGED THE ALERT DATE) THAT SHOWED WHEN THE PHYSICIAN CONNECTED THE INTERFACE CABLE TO THE SMART TOUCH CATHETER, THE PATIENT WAS FEELING PAIN IN THE CHEST AND BY DISCONNECTING THE SMART TOUCH CATHETER THE PATIENT SAID THAT THE PAIN WAS GONE. THE PHYSICIAN ASSUMED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK-CURRENT FROM SMART TOUCH CATHETER TO THE PATIENT THEREFORE THE PHYSICIAN STOPPED THE CARTO PROCEDURE AND FINISHED THE PROCEDURE WITHOUT THE CARTO. AFTER CHECKING THE USED PRODUCTS THEY FOUND THAT THEY USED THE WRONG INTERFACE CABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CARTO® 3 SYSTEM INTERFACE CABLE COMPUTER, DIAGNOSTIC, PROGRAMMABLE DQK BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC (IRWINDALE) D-1286-03-S OEM_D-1286-03-S

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 SEE H10 SECTION