FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CARTO® 3 SYSTEM INTERFACE CABLE

MDR report key: 3957711 · Received July 25, 2014

Report

Report Number
2029046-2014-00211
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 25, 2014
Date of Event
July 1, 2014
Report Date
July 1, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC (IRWINDALE)
Product Code
DQK
PMA / PMN Number
K090017
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MANUFACTURER REF # (B)(4) ARE RELATED TO THE SAME EVENT. THE CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: CARTO 3 SYSTEM MODEL # M-4800-01 SERIAL # (B)(4); SMART TOUCH BIDIRECTIONAL MODEL# D-1327-05-S, LOT # 16107500M.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AFIB) PROCEDURE, THE CUSTOMER GOT HIGH FORCE READING AND THE SIGNAL NOISE OCCURRED ON ALL THE CHANNELS, INCLUDING THE 12 LEADS OF BS AND ALL IC (INTRACARDIAL) RECORDINGS ON BOTH CARTO AND THE RECORDING SYSTEM AT THE SAME TIME. THE ISSUE OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING TO ABLATE. THE CUSTOMER HAD FINISHED CONNECTING THE LEFT VEINS AND HAD THIS ISSUE POP UP WHEN GOING TO THE RIGHT SIDED PULMONARY VEINS. WHEN THEY WENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HAD ONE HIGH FORCE READING AND IT APPEARED AS IF THE CATHETER WAS VISUALLY FLIPPING ACROSS THE SCREEN ON CARTO AND THE PHYSICAL MANIPULATION OF THE CATHETER. REPLACING THE CATHETER CABLE, REBOOTING THE PIU AND CHANGING THE CATHETER DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH CHANGING OUT THE CATHETER CABLE AGAIN WITHOUT ANY PATIENT CONSEQUENCE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
436719 CARTO® 3 SYSTEM INTERFACE CABLE COMPUTER, DIAGNOSTIC, PROGRAMMABLE DQK BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC (IRWINDALE) D-1286-03-S OEM_D-1286-03-S

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1