FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP BACKPACK

MDR report key: 4823509 · Received June 5, 2015

Report

Report Number
1419937-2015-00165
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 5, 2015
Date of Event
May 26, 2015
Report Date
June 2, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDELA INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K031614
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SMALLER AND LARGER SIZE BREASTSHIELDS WERE SENT TO THE CUSTOMER. THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION/INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT BE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN NEW, CHANGED, OR CORRECTED INFORMATION, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AT THAT TIME. IT CANNOT BE DEFINITIVELY CONCLUDED THAT THE PUMP CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE CUSTOMER'S MASTITIS. REPORTED ISSUES OF MASTITIS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN (B)(4). MASTITIS IS USUALLY A BENIGN, SELF-LIMITING INFECTION WITH FEW CONSEQUENCES FOR THE SUCKLING INFANT. THE RISK OF MASTITIS IS HIGHER AMONG WOMEN WHO HAVE BREASTFED PREVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A HISTORY OR MASTITIS." RIORDAN AND WAMBACH, 4TH ED P 294: BREASTFEEDING AND HUMAN LACTATION. MASTITIS REQUIRES PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THE MOTHER FOR PAIN RELIEF AND PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTICS TO AVOID PROGRESSION TO OVERWHELMING SEPSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE ON (B)(6) 2015 THAT SHE WAS HAVING LOW MILK EXPRESSION WITH HER PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP BACKPACK AND THAT SHE HAD DEVELOPED CLOGGED DUCTS AND MASTITIS. SHE RECEIVED AN ANTIBIOTIC AND HER MASTITIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
364056 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED BREAST PUMP BACKPACK HGX MEDELA INC. 57062 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other