FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IAB: 7 FR - 30 CC

MDR report key: 2854483 · Received November 29, 2012

Report

Report Number
1219856-2012-00336
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 29, 2012
Date of Event
October 31, 2012
Report Date
November 27, 2012
Manufacturer
ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC
Product Code
DSP
PMA / PMN Number
K981660
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE EVENT INVOLVED A MALE PT WHILE IN THE CORONARY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (CICU) DURING INSERTION. PREVIOUS ASEPTIC AND ANTISEPTIC. THE RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY WAS CANALIZED ON SECOND POSITION WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS, THE SPRING WIRE GUIDE (SWG) WAS ADVANCED AND WHEN TRYING TO PASS THROUGH THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON (IAB) IAB, 7 FR 30 CC, IT DID NOT ADVANCE AFTER APPROX 10 CM. AS A RESULT, THE IAB WAS NOT USED. MAKING USE OF THE SAME SWG, THE SECOND IAB WAS ADVANCED (8 FR 40 CC) WITHOUT COMPLICATION, USING THE IMPLEMENTS FROM THE FIRST IAB. THERE WERE NO FEMORAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE THE SECOND IAB HAD NO ISSUES. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PT DEATH OR COMPLICATIONS. NO MEDICAL SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED. THERE WAS A TWO HOUR DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THERAPY WITH NO HARM TO THE PT NOTED. THE PT OUTCOME IS THE PROCEDURE NEEDED ON WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS USING THE SECOND IAB. THE PT DID NOT HAVE A HEMATOMA AT THE PUNCTURE SITE. ADD'L INFO RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2012 STATED THAT THE IAB WAS ADVANCED OVER THE SWG INTO THE SHEATH, BUT ONLY 10 CM. THE IAB WAS PREPPED PER INSTRUCTION WITH THE VALVE ATTACHED AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY. THE DOCTOR HAD REMOVED THE SHEATH WITH THE FIRST IAB. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IAB: 7 FR - 30 CC INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PRODUCTS DSP ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC KF1080995

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP