FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACUNAV DX ULTRASOUND CATHETER

MDR report key: 4451228 · Received January 16, 2015

Report

Report Number
MW5040372
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 16, 2015
Date of Event
January 6, 2015
Report Date
January 16, 2015
Manufacturer
STERILMED
Product Code
OWQ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING THE LEAD EXTRACTION PROCEDURE, THE ACUSON CATHETER ACUNAV DX ULTRASOUND 8FR ISSUED A CATHETER ERROR MESSAGE "EXCEED THERMAL LIMIT" - THIS CATHETER IS A REPROCESSED DEVICE FOR SINGLE USE PROCESSED BY STERILMED, INC. CATHETER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO CONTINUE PROCEDURE. FOR THE EP PROCEDURE OF PACEMAKER LEAD EXTRACTION / REIMPLANTATION OF PACEMAKER LEADS, THE PT WAS INTUBATED AND UNDER THE CARE OF ANESTHESIA FOR GENERAL ANESTHESIA, HAD AN ARTERIAL LINE FOR HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
40323 ACUNAV DX ULTRASOUND CATHETER ULTRASOUND CATHETER 8FR OWQ STERILMED 10135936 182

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Other