FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRICUT® ANGLE-TIP BRONCHIAL BLADE

MDR report key: 3980174 · Received August 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
1045254-2014-00173
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 5, 2014
Report Date
July 12, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC XOMED INC.
Product Code
EQJ
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 1898200T: MICRODEBRIDER 1898200T IGS M4 510K: K041413 ERL. (B)(4): PRODUCT EVALUATION: NO ANALYSIS RESULTS AVAILABLE. DEVICES WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. METHOD: NO TESTING METHODS PERFORMED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC THAT A PHYSICIAN WAS NOTIFIED BY A COLLEAGUE, THAT SOMETIME WITHIN THE PAST 10 YEARS THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OCCURRED WHEN A MICRODEBRIDER WAS BEING USED WITH THE TRICUT BLADE: ¿PATIENT WITH EXTENSIVE LARYNGEAL PAPILLOMA DEVELOPED A MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE DURING USE OF THE MICRODEBRIDER REQUIRING INTRAOPERATIVE LARYNGEAL PACKING TO STABILIZE THE PATIENT PRIOR TO ANGIOGRAPHY AFTER ENDOSCOPIC MEASURES TO CONTROL THE BLEEDING WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PATIENT WAS INTUBATED FOR FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE PACKING WAS REMOVED IN THE OPERATING ROOM. THE PATIENT DID WELL WITHOUT PERMANENT SEQUELAE.¿ THE DOCTOR HAS CONFIRMED THAT NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
458262 TRICUT® ANGLE-TIP BRONCHIAL BLADE BUR, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT EQJ MEDTRONIC XOMED INC. UNKNOWN TRICUT BLADE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention