FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DUAL STAGE VENOUS CANNULA

MDR report key: 4182973 · Received October 17, 2014

Report

Report Number
3008500478-2014-00126
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 17, 2014
Date of Event
September 19, 2014
Report Date
September 19, 2014
Manufacturer
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
Product Code
DWF
PMA / PMN Number
K120072
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE EVALUATION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED UPON COMPLETION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE EVALUATION: VISUAL AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF THE RETURNED DEVICE, CONFIRMED THE REPORTED EVENT. A SPLIT WAS OBSERVED THAT PENETRATED THE WALL OF THE CANNULA. WATER WAS FLUSHED THROUGH THE CANNULA AND WAS FOUND TO LEAK THROUGH THE SPIT IN THE CANNULA. PER ENGINEERING EVALUATION, A MANUFACTURING DEFECT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. ROOT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THE COMPLAINT TREND WAS FOUND TO BE IN CONTROL. RESULT =FRACTURE MATERIAL. ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER NARRATIVE: DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED, NO NON-CONFORMANCES WERE IDENTIFIED RELATED TO THE REPORTED EVENT AND BATCH MET SPECIFICATION PRIOR TO RELEASE. NO MANUFACTURING DEFECT, DESIGN INADEQUACY, OR LABELING/IFU INADEQUACY COULD BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EDWARDS RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT, WHILE A DUAL STAGE VENOUS CANNULA WAS BEING USED FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (CPB), A ¿FISSURE¿ OF THE CANNULA WAS NOTED. THROUGH INVESTIGATION, IT WAS LEARNED THE SURGEON IDENTIFIED THE CANNULA LEAK. THE CANNULA WAS NOT EXCHANGED BECAUSE THE EVENT OCCURRED AT THE END OF THE CPB RUN. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EVENTS WERE REPORTED. NO VISIBLE INCONSISTENCIES OF THE CANNULA WERE NOTED DURING DEVICE PREPARATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
661471 DUAL STAGE VENOUS CANNULA CATHETER, CANNULA AND TUBING, VASCULAR, CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DWF EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES TF3646OA 59705355

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1