FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TERUMO TCM 1 COOLING AND HEATING SYSEM

MDR report key: 3994148 · Received July 24, 2014

Report

Report Number
1828100-2014-00646
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 24, 2014
Date of Event
June 30, 2014
Report Date
July 1, 2014
Manufacturer
TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORP.
Product Code
DWC
PMA / PMN Number
K883603
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVAL IS IN PROGRESS, BUT NOT YET CONCLUDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING USE OF THE DEVICE FOR A CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS PROCEDURE, THE CARDIOPLEGIA MOTOR WAS RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WERE NO ALARMS, THE UNIT JUST STOPPED WORKING. AS A RESULT, AN ALTERNATE DEVICE WAS EMPLOYED. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. THERE WERE NO DELAYS, NO BLOOD LOSS, OR NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PT. PER THE CLINICAL REVIEW ON (B)(6) 2014: IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE COOLER HEATER UNIT CARDIOPLEGIA WATER PUMP WOULD INTERMITTENTLY WORK AND THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING ALL TOGETHER. THIS WAS FOUND DURING A DOSE OF CARDIOPLEGIA WHEN IT WAS OBSERVED THE WATER TEMPERATURE DURING CARDIOPLEGIA DELIVERY WAS THIRTEEN DEGREES CELSIUS VERSUS THE USUAL FIVE DEGREES CELSIUS. NO ALARMS INDICATING AN ISSUE. AFTER THE DOSE WAS DELIVERED, THE WATER LINES THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THE CARDIOPLEGIA DISPOSABLE DEVICE WERE CLAMPED AND DISCONNECTED, AND A BACK-UP COOLER HEATER WAS BROUGHT TO THE OPERATING ROOM AND THIS BACK-UP COOLER HEATER WAS USED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROCEDURE TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE CARDIOPLEGIA CIRCUIT COMPONENTS. THE ORIGINAL COOLER HEATER UNIT CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR ARTERIAL BLOOD COOLING AND WARMING. THE CASE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT DELAY AND WITHOUT ASSOCIATED BLOOD LOSS. THERE WAS NO HARM REPORTED OR OBSERVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
435318 TERUMO TCM 1 COOLING AND HEATING SYSEM TCM II COOLING AND HEATING SYSTEM DWC TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORP. 15747

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1