BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ON-Q PAIN PUMP

    MDR report key: 3592966 · Received January 17, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    2026095-2014-00013
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    January 17, 2014
    Date of Event
    January 1, 2006
    Report Date
    December 23, 2013
    Manufacturer
    I-FLOW, LLC.
    Product Code
    MEB
    PMA / PMN Number
    K063530
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    NM, US
    Reporter Occupation
    NOT APPLICABLE

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    METHOD: THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR AN EVALUATION AND INVESTIGATION. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED; THEREFORE, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. RESULTS: THE INFO CONTAINED IS FROM LEGAL DOCUMENTS SERVED ON I-FLOW, LLC. THE COMPLAINT WAS OPENED SO THAT A MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT (MDR) CAN BE FILED WITH THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED. CONCLUSION: AS THIS COMPLAINT WAS CREATED FROM A LAWSUIT SERVED ON I-FLOW, LLC OR THE TREAT OF A LAWSUIT, NO CUSTOMER CONTACT CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE PENDING OR THREATENED LITIGATION. AS OF 11/09/2006 I-FLOW UPDATED THE ON-Q PUMP DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU), TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE WARNINGS SECTION: "AVOID PLACING THE CATHETER IN JOINT SPACES. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE ESTABLISHED CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP, SOME LITERATURE HAS SHOWN A POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CONTINUOUS INTRA-ARTICULAR INFUSIONS (PARTICULARLY WITH BUPIVACAINE) AND THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF CHONDROLYSIS." ON 08/08/2007, I-FLOW HAS ALSO PREPARED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ENTITLED "WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHONDROLYSIS TODAY". (1303722. REV. E). INFO FROM THIS INCIDENT WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR PRODUCT COMPLAINT AND MDR TREND REPORTING SYSTEM.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    DRUG/DILUENT: UNK - NOT REPORTED. FILL VOLUME: UNK - NO REPORTED. FLOW RATE: UNK - NOT REPORTED. PROCEDURE: ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR LIGAMENT REPAIR. CATHPLACE: ANKLE JOINT. DATE OF SURGERY: (B)(6) 2006 (DAY UNK). (REFERENCE 2026095-2014-00012/13-01193 (A)). PATIENT ALLEGES CHONDROLYSIS FOLLOWING THE PLACEMENT OF A PAIN PUMP IN HER LEFT ANKLE FOLLOWING TWO SURGERIES ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2005 AND (B)(6) 2006. "NP: NOT PROVIDED."

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    46028 ON-Q PAIN PUMP ELASTOMERIC PUMP MEB I-FLOW, LLC. UNK UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NP Other