FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CELSITE ACCESS PORT

MDR report key: 3576888 · Received January 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
9612452-2014-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 6, 2014
Date of Event
November 13, 2013
Report Date
January 3, 2014
Manufacturer
B. BRAUN MEDICAL SAS
Product Code
LJT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BATCH REVIEW: WE HAVE CHECKED THE MANUFACTURING FILE OF THIS LOT OF CELSITE ACCESS PORTS, WHICH COMPLIES WITH OUR SPECIFICATIONS AND DOES NOT PRESENT ANY ABNORMALITY. NO OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS WERE DECLARED TO US CONCERNING THIS LOT OF ACCESS PORTS, SOLD SINCE (B)(4) 2013. INVESTIGATION RESULTS: THE ACCESS PORT HOUSING AS WELL AS THE PROXIMAL PART OF THE CATHETER WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH OUR SPECIFICATIONS. THE RUPTURE FACIES IS IRREGULAR. THE CATHETER WAS PROBABLY PINCHED OR KINKED AT THE LEVEL OF THE RUPTURE. THE X-RAY PICTURES WERE NOT FORWARDED FOR ANALYSIS. CONCLUSION: THE RETURNED DEVICE IS COMPLIANT WITH OUR SPECIFICATIONS. AS NEITHER THE DISTAL PART OF THE CATHETER NOR COPIES OF X-RAY PICTURES WERE RETURNED TO US FOR EVALUATION, WE CANNOT CONCLUDE AS TO THE REAL CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. CATHETER RUPTURE IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION OF THE ACCESS PORT IMPLANTATION. (B)(4). IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE CELSITE T305 ACCESS PORT, REFERENCE (B)(4) IS NOT CLEARED IN THE US, BUT THIS DEVICE IS SIMILAR TO THE REFERENCE (B)(4) (K130576).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(6) 2013: CELSITE T305 IMPLANTED IN PATIENT VIA RIGHT SUB-CLAVIAN VEIN. VEIN OF CHOICE, CEPHALIC VEIN, WAS NOT SUITABLE. (B)(6) 2013: PATIENT ENTERED THE HOSPITAL FOR AMBULATORY CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT. DURING RINSING OF THE ACCESS PORT SYSTEM PRIOR TO TREATMENT, SUBCUTANEOUS SWELLING WAS NOTED. CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN VIA A PERIPHERAL VEIN. (B)(6) 2013: ANGIOGRAPHY WAS PERFORMED WHICH SHOWED THAT A PART OF THE CATHETER IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART. (B)(6) 2013: IN ORDER TO LOCALIZE PRECISELY THE FOREIGN BODY, A CT SCAN WAS PERFORMED. THE CATHETER FRAGMENT IS SEEN IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE. THE ACCESS PORT WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE DISTAL PART OF THE CATHETER WAS NOT RETURNED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
8145 CELSITE ACCESS PORT ACCESS PORT SYSTEM LJT B. BRAUN MEDICAL SAS NA M1792850

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention