FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

3/8" ECC PUMP PACK

MDR report key: 4093120 · Received August 21, 2014

Report

Report Number
2248146-2014-00380
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 21, 2014
Report Date
January 11, 2012
Manufacturer
DATASCOPE CORP.
Product Code
DWE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BASED UPON THE COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION AND REVIEW OF THE PACKAGING, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE COMPLAINT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO OTHER ITEMS IN THE KIT BEING PACKAGED ON TOP OF THIS LINE AND BENDING IT OVER, CAUSING IT TO KINK. A PACKAGING CHANGE WAS APPROVED BY THE HOSP AND IMPLEMENTED TO NOT CONNECT THIS LINE TO THE OXYGENATOR AND IT WILL BE CONNECTED AT THE HOSP. THIS CHANGE WILL PREVENT THE PIGTAIL FROM GETTING BENT OVER IN THE KIT. THE CUSTOMER INDICATED THAT THEY WILL CHANGE OUT THIS LINE, IF NEEDED, ON ANY KITS WHERE THE PIGTAIL IS KINKED, UNTIL THEY EXHAUST THE EXISTING INVENTORY OF KITS IN THE PREVIOUS PACKAGING CONFIGURATION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ONE OF THE PIGTAILS IN THE 3/8" ECC PUMP PACK HAS LEAKED IN THREE DIFFERENT PUMP PACKS. THE PIGTAIL WAS IN THE SAME SPOT ALL THREE TIMES. THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED ON TWO OF THE PACKS DURING PRIMING. ONE LEAKED DURING A CASE AND ALL THEY DID WAS TURN OFF THE PUMP FOR A FEW SECONDS AND CHANGED IT OUT. THE LEAK WAS WHERE THE TUBING GOES INTO THE MALE LUER ON THE PIGTAIL. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BENT IN PACKAGING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
506781 3/8" ECC PUMP PACK CARDIOPULMONARY DEVICE DWE DATASCOPE CORP. BEQ-TOP 33700 13386-04

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1