FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

3.5FR URETHRANE UBM CATH

MDR report key: 3060573 · Received March 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
1317749-2013-00107
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 27, 2013
Report Date
February 25, 2013
Manufacturer
COVIDIEN
Product Code
FOS
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). AN INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. UPON COMPLETION, THE RESULTS WILL BE FORWARDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO COVIDIEN ON (B)(4) 2013 THAT A CUSTOMER HAD AN ISSUE WITH A SINGLE LUMEN UMBILICAL VESSEL CATHETER (UVC). THE CUSTOMER REPORTS THAT UPON OPENING, THERE ARE VISIBLE KINKS ALONG THE CATHETER WHICH RENDER THE CATHETER COMPLETELY NON-REUSABLE. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE UVC WAS REC'D IN AN OPENED PACKAGE IN (B)(4). PER A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE CATHETER, IT WAS OBSERVED TO BE STRETCHED, LEAVING THE APPEARANCE OF STRUCTURAL DEFORMITY AND THEREFORE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR LEAKAGE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
124962 3.5FR URETHRANE UBM CATH UMBILICAL VESSEL CATHETER FOS COVIDIEN 8888160333 229604X

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK