FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SPECTRANETICS GLIDELIGHT LASER SHEATH

MDR report key: 4182895 · Received October 17, 2014

Report

Report Number
1721279-2014-00171
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 17, 2014
Date of Event
October 6, 2014
Report Date
October 6, 2014
Manufacturer
SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION
Product Code
MFA
PMA / PMN Number
P960042
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDED WEIGHT, RELEVANT TESTS, RELEVANT HISTORY CORRECTED CONCOMITANT FROM SPECTRANETICS LLD TO SPECTRANETICS LLD-EZ.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS WAS A LEAD EXTRACTION CASE PERFORMED IN THE CATH LAB TO REMOVE 4 LEADS DUE TO CIED SYSTEM INFECTION. THE PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PREVIOUSLY ABANDONED RA LEAD (SJM 1342T, IMPLANTED IN 1998 AND CAPPED/ABANDONED IN 2004). THE PHYSICIAN ENCOUNTERED CALCIFICATION IN THE SVC INNOMINATE/SVC AREA. HE STOPPED LASING AND BEGAN TO MANUALLY DISSECT THE BINDING SIGHT WITH THE USE OF THE LASER CATHETER AND OUTER SHEATH. THE BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED AND THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST NOTICED EXCESS FLUID IN THE PERICARDIUM VIA TEE. THE CT SURGEON WAS CALLED INTO THE ROOM AND A PERICARDIAL WINDOW AND PERICARDIOCENTESIS TO DRAIN THE PERICARDIAL SACK WAS PERFORMED. A CHEST TUBE WAS PUT INTO THE PATIENT AND THE PROCEDURE WAS ABORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
661382 SPECTRANETICS GLIDELIGHT LASER SHEATH 14F GLIDELIGHT MFA SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION 500-302 FGB14B11A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Hospitalization| L| R CVX-300 EXCIMER LASER| SPECTRANETICS LLD| SJM 1342T CARDIAC LEAD| SJM 1688T CARDIAC LEAD (X2)| SJM 1346T CARDIAC LEAD