FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYPERFORM

MDR report key: 3253764 · Received July 18, 2013

Report

Report Number
3253764
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 18, 2013
Date of Event
June 24, 2013
Report Date
July 18, 2013
Manufacturer
EV3 NEUROVASCULAR
Product Code
MJN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OCCLUSION BALLOONS WOULD NOT STAY INFLATED IN THE PATIENT. TWO BALLOONS WERE TRIED, BOTH HAD SAME PROBLEM: ONCE INFLATED, THEY ARE OBSERVED UNDER FLUOROSCOPY, THEN SOME CONTRAST IS INJECTED. THEN VIEWED UNDER FLUOROSCOPY AGAIN AND IF THE CONTRAST HAS GOTTEN PAST THE AREA THAT SHOULD BE OCCLUDED, THEY DETERMINE THAT THE BALLOON IS NOT STAYING INFLATED. A DIFFERENT BRAND BALLOON WAS SUCCESSFULLY USED AFTER THE TWO BALLOONS FAILED, AND THE PATIENT WAS NOT HARMED.WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED PROCEDURE?USE OF OCCLUSION BALLOON IN DIAGNOSTIC CERVICAL-CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAM TO INCLUDE BALLOON TEST OCCLUSION AND POSSIBLE TUMOR EMBOLIZATION.DEVICE #1IS THIS A LABORATORY DEVICE OR LABORATORY TEST?NO.DEVICE #2IS THIS A LABORATORY DEVICE OR LABORATORY TEST?NO.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
335227 HYPERFORM CATHETER, INTRAVASCULAR OCCLUDING, TEMPORARY MJN EV3 NEUROVASCULAR * 9686826
335228 HYPERFORM CATHETER, INTRAVASCULAR OCCLUDING, TEMPORARY MJN EV3 NEUROVASCULAR * 9718321

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR