FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VASONOVA VASCULAR POSITIONING SYST

MDR report key: 3868005 · Received May 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
3006795936-2014-00008
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 9, 2014
Date of Event
May 1, 2014
Report Date
May 7, 2014
Manufacturer
VASONOVA INC.
Product Code
OBJ
PMA / PMN Number
K123813
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

COMPLAINT NO. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED, THE CATHETER WAS BEING PLACED INTO THE LEFT BASILIC VEIN OF A (B)(6) MALE PATIENT, (B)(6). WITH A MALIGNANT NEOPLASMA OF BONE IN BONE MARROW, COPD, AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED AND THE CLINICIAN OBTAINED A BLUE BULLS EYE. POST INSERTION A CHEST X-RAY WAS ORDERED AND REVEALED THAT THE CATHETER WAS IN THE VENTRICLE. AS A RESULT, THEY ORDERED THE CATHETER BE PULLED BACK 5CM. THEY DO NOT KNOW IF THIS CAUSED A DELAY IN TREATMENT AND THERE WAS NO PATIENT DEATH OR COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
282088 VASONOVA VASCULAR POSITIONING SYST CATHETER, ULTRASOUND, INTRAVASCULAR OBJ VASONOVA INC. VPS-G4C

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR