FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROPLEGE CORONARY SINUS CATHETER

MDR report key: 2880444 · Received December 19, 2012

Report

Report Number
3008500478-2012-00348
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 19, 2012
Date of Event
December 7, 2012
Report Date
December 7, 2012
Manufacturer
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
Product Code
DWF
PMA / PMN Number
5120780
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS DISCARDED BY THE HOSPITAL PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED AND THE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FOR THIS DEVICE. THEREFORE A CAPA WAS NOT INITIATED FOR THIS EVENT. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN TRENDING AND FUTURE CAPA DETERMINATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST THAT OVER THE PAST 2 MONTHS, UNKNOWN DATES THERE WAS A CORONARY SINUS DISSECTION WITH THE USE OF THE PROPLEGE CORONARY SINUS CATHETER, PR9. WHILE THE MD WAS TRYING TO ADVANCE THE PR9 INTO THE DISTAL CORONARY SINUS. THE MD ENGAGED THE OSTIUM OF THE CORONARY SINUS EASILY, BUT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY ADVANCING THE PR9. HE EXPERIENCED RESISTANCE AND CONTINUED TO TRY TO ADVANCE THE PR9, RESULTING IN A PATIENT INJURY. THEY ARE CALLING THE INJURY A DISSECTION OF THE CORONARY SINUS. THE LOT NUMBER IN UNKNOWN. NO SURGERY WAS NEEDED TO FIX THE DISSECTION. THE PATIENT RECOVERED WELL. NO PRODUCT IS AVAILABLE FOR RETURN, IT WAS DISCARDED BY THE HOSPITAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROPLEGE CORONARY SINUS CATHETER CATHETER, CANNULA AND TUBING, VASCULAR, CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DWF EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PR9

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other