FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GLIDEWIRE GUIDEWIRE .035/180

MDR report key: 38384 · Received September 10, 1996

Report

Report Number
1225056-1996-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 10, 1996
Date of Event
August 10, 1996
Report Date
August 30, 1996
Manufacturer
TERUMO MEDICAL CORP.
Product Code
DQX
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE WAS A SMALL MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAM. THE WIRE WAS USED THROUGH AN ENTRY NEEDLE. THE WIRE WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS NOTED APPROX 13CM OF THE COATING SHEARED AND DETACHED IN THE PT'S RIGHT GROIN. SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE DETACHED COATING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE FOR THIS PRODUCT STATE: "TO AVOID DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE SHEARING OF PLASTIC, DO NOT WITHDRAW OR MANIPULATE THROUGH A METAL CANNULA/METAL DILATOR NOR ADVANCE THE METAL CANNULA/METAL DILATOR. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE OBSERVED WHEN USED WITH A ONEWALL PUNCTURE STYLE NEEDLE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GLIDEWIRE GUIDEWIRE .035/180 GUIDEWIRE DQX TERUMO MEDICAL CORP. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Required Intervention