FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DLP

MDR report key: 2921436 · Received December 12, 2012

Report

Report Number
2921436
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 12, 2012
Date of Event
December 3, 2012
Report Date
December 6, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC
Product Code
DWF
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS ON CARDIAC BYPASS WITH 14 AND 18 FRENCH GAUGE (FR) VENOUS CANNULA. THE CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE (CVP) WENT FROM 5 TO 28 WHEN THE CAVAL TAPE WAS APPLIED TO THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (SVC) CANNULA. THE CANNULA HAD BEEN (APPARENTLY) POSITIONAL AND THE SURGEON DECIDED TO UPSIZE AND CHANGE OUT THE CANNULA. THE CVP WAS ZERO WHEN THE CAVAL TAPE WAS APPLIED TO THE NEW 16 FR SVC CANNULA. THE 14 FR CANNULA WAS FOUND TO HAVE CLOT FORMATION IN THE METAL PORTION. THE LOT OF 14 FR CANNULA MAY BE FROM THE "OLD" PRODUCTION LOT EVEN THOUGH WE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED A "NEW" LOT LAST WEEK WHICH WAS OVERNIGHTED TO US. MEDTRONIC HAS BEEN MADE AWARE BUT HAS NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER THE LOT WAS NEW OR OLD.REPLY FROM MEDTRONIC: THEY HAVE STATED THAT THE METAL TIP ON THE CANNULA WAS OF THE NEW STYLE. UNFORTUNATELY, UPON INSPECTION THE TIP DID NOT MEET THEIR STANDARDS. THEY HAVE PULLED SAMPLES FROM 80 LOTS AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THOSE SAMPLES. ======================MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR DLP ANGLED METAL TIP VENOUS CANNULA, MEDTRONIC DLP (PER SITE REPORTER).======================

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DLP CATHETER, CANNULA DWF MEDTRONIC 14 FR 2102090416

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 3 YR