FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS

MDR report key: 2844331 · Received November 8, 2012

Report

Report Number
1219856-2012-00324
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 8, 2012
Date of Event
October 15, 2012
Report Date
November 5, 2012
Manufacturer
ARROW INTL., INC.
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K021462
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SF
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED IF ADDITIONAL INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WS REPORTED THAT WHILE IN THE CATH LAB, THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) WAS PREPPED AND ZEROED SUCCESSFULLY PRIOR TO INSERTION. THE MD INSERTED THE SHEATH VIA THE PATIENT'S RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY. AFTER THE IAB WAS INSERTED, THE MD WAS UNABLE TO GET PRESSURES ON THE PUMP AND AS A RESULT, THE MD REMOVED THE IAB BY PULLING IT BACK THROUGH THE SHEATH. THE LIGHT BULB ICON ON THE CONSOLE WAS GREEN. ANOTHER IAB WAS PREPPED AND INSERTED THROUGH THE EXISTING SHEATH IN THE PT'S RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT DEATH OR INJURY. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PT COMPLICATIONS. MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP) THERAPY. ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2012 BY THE MANAGER, CLINICAL SUPPORT, STATED THAT THE MEMBRANE OF THE IAB DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INFLATED PRIOR TO THE MD REMOVING BACK OUT OF THE SHEATH. UPDATED INFO RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2012 REPORTED THAT "THE PT HAD PROCEDURE AND WAS DOING WELL IN ICU." FURTHER INFO RECEIVED (B)(6) 2012 FROM THE MANAGER, CLINICAL SUPPORT, STATED THAT THE ZERO PROCESS FOR THE FIBEROPTIX SENSOR (FOS) TOOK PLACE AS RECOMMENDED AND THE LIGHT INDICATED ZERO AND CALIBRATION SUCCESSFUL PRIOR TO INSERTION. ONCE THE IAB WAS IN THE AORTA, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET ANY PRESSURE READINGS AND THEREFORE REMOVED THE IAB WITHOUT ESTABLISHING A FLUID FILLED SETUP AS AN ALTERNATIVE PRESSURE READING. THE IAB WAS REMOVED FROM THE PT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PRESSURE READING FROM THE FOS AND THE MD WANTED TO USE THE FOS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB : 8 FR - 40 CC FOS INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM (FOS) DSP ARROW INTL., INC. KF2043014

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP