FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED

MDR report key: 2960940 · Received February 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
6000030-2013-00022
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 14, 2013
Report Date
January 23, 2013
Manufacturer
RICE CREEK MFG
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 8709, LOT# L63770, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 1999. PRODUCT TYPE: CATHETER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT REPORTED SHE HAD ISSUES WITH HER PUMP FLIPPING. A DACRON POUCH WAS USED AS WELL AS HAVING THE PUMP ANCHORED TO THE ABDOMINAL WALL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD ONE OF THE "ORIGINAL PUMPS" AND THAT "THEY WERE SO BIG, THEY WOULD FLIP OVER." IT WAS NOTED THAT WAS THE REASON THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PUT A MESH POUCH IN THE PATIENT. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT'S ORIGINAL CATHETER WAS MADE "TOO SHORT" AND THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (HCP) HAD TO "REHOOK IT BACK UP AGAIN" BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME "UNHOOKED AT THE PUMP." THE HCP AT THAT TIME PUT IN THE POUCH AND PUT IN A LONGER CATHETER, HOWEVER THE TIME OF THIS EVENT WAS NOT REPORTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
66159 SYNCHROMED PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK RICE CREEK MFG 861718

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention