FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EKOS CORPORATION

MDR report key: 3519091 · Received December 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
MW5033326
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 9, 2013
Date of Event
November 9, 2013
Report Date
December 2, 2013
Manufacturer
EKOS CORPORATION
Product Code
KRA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING THROMBOLYSIS F/U A CATHETER WAS REMOVED. UPON ADD'L IMAGING, A WIRE WAS NOTICED INSIDE THE ARTERY. THIS WAS RETRIEVED BY SNARE. IT WAS A PIECE OF THE INNER CORE OF AN EKOS INFUSION CATHETER. THE INNER CORE HAD BEEN REMOVED THE PREVIOUS EVENING. HISTORY OF DIABETES TYPE 2, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, COPD, LYMPHEDEMA, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
638038 EKOS CORPORATION EKOS INFUSION CATHETER KRA EKOS CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Required Intervention