FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SHUNT SENSOR SYS500

MDR report key: 3020710 · Received March 18, 2013

Report

Report Number
1124841-2013-00075
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 18, 2013
Date of Event
February 1, 2013
Report Date
March 15, 2013
Manufacturer
TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORP.
Product Code
DRY
PMA / PMN Number
K792962
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPON EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE THE COMPLAINT WAS CONFIRMED. THE UNIT WAS PRESSURIZED, AND THE BEHAVIOR OF THE UNIT WAS INDICATIVE OF A SLOW LEAK. THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR UNIT WAS ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE ADHESIVE INJECTION VOLUME FOR THE PRIMARY ADHESIVE RING, AND THE TECHNIQUE BEING USED DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE ADHESIVE TO OPTIMALLY DISPERSE AROUND THE OPENING. THE THERMOWELL PROBE MOST LIKELY PLACED ENOUGH STRESS ON THE UNIT TO CAUSE THE ADHESIVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT IN THE AFFECTED AREA. THIS UNIT WAS SUFFICIENTLY CURED AND SEALED TO PASS THROUGH OUR 100% LEAK TEST, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SURVIVE SHIPPING, HANDLING, AND TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE CHANGES. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE USER FACILITY REPORTED TO TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS THAT PRIOR TO CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS SURGERY, DURING PRIME, THE SHUNT SENSOR LEAKED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT AS THIS OCCURRED DURING PRIME. PRODUCT WAS CHANGED OUT. SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
111800 SHUNT SENSOR SYS500 BLOOD-GAS MONITOR DRY TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORP. CDI510H PH30

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1