FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SETROX S 53

MDR report key: 3083060 · Received April 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
1028232-2013-01136
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 29, 2013
Date of Event
April 10, 2013
Report Date
April 15, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
Product Code
NVN
PMA / PMN Number
P950037
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED DUE TO HEMATOMA. THE QUALITY DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE WERE RE-INVESTIGATED. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY INCONSISTENCY DURING PRODUCTION AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE TEST. THE BIOTRONIK STERILIZATION PROTOCOL CONFIRMED THAT ALL STERILIZATION PARAMETERS, SUCH AS GAS CONCENTRATION, TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, ETC., WERE IN THEIR SPECIFIED RANGES. ALSO, THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS SHOWED THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE STERILIZATION PROCESS. IN SUMMARY, THE HEMATOMA WAS NOT DEVICE RELATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

"PATIENT IS ON COUMADIN AND DEVELOPED A HEMATOMA AFTER IMPLANT. THE HEMATOMA WAS EVACUATED, BUT THE SKIN INTEGRITY OF THE POCKET WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR PROPER HEALING. THE PATIENT HAD AN OPEN INCISION FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE CONTACTING THE PHYSICIAN. THE PATIENT ALSO HAS A MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVE. NO INFECTION HAS CURRENTLY BEEN CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM FROM THE LEFT SIDE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW SYSTEM ON THE RIGHT SIDE TO AVOID THE POSSIBLE SPREAD OF INFECTION THROUGHOUT THE HEART AND TO THE MECHANICAL VALVE." THE HOSPITAL RETAINED THE DEVICES. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THIS FILE WILL BE UPDATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
185267 SETROX S 53 PACER LEAD NVN BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG 350974

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Hospitalization