FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RVL-2100 B VACUUM RELIEF VALVE

MDR report key: 5022221 · Received August 21, 2015

Report

Report Number
1649914-2015-00058
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 21, 2015
Date of Event
July 24, 2015
Report Date
September 4, 2015
Manufacturer
QUEST MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
DWD
PMA / PMN Number
K864503
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

QUEST MEDICAL, INC. HAS LIMITED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY AND IS UNABLE TO FORM AN OPINION AS TO THE RELEVANCY OF THE PATIENT'S HISTORY TO THE EVENT REPORTED. QUEST MEDICAL, INC. DEFERS TO THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN REGARDING MEDICAL HISTORY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

VISUAL INSPECTION WITH AND WITHOUT MAGNIFICATION DID NOT SHOW ANY DEFECTS. THE VALVE WAS ATTACHED TO A ROLLER PUMP FOR FUNCTIONAL TESTING AND FUNCTIONED AS PER SPECIFICATION. THE COMPLAINT CONDITION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE APPLICABLE LOT NUMBER FOR THE PART WAS NEVER PROVIDED AND COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE FOREIGN (MEXICAN) PRODUCT DISTRIBUTOR REPORTED AN ISSUE ENCOUNTERED BY ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH THE CARDIOVASCULAR VALVE. THE REPORT STATED THE PERFUSIONIST ATTEMPTED TO INVESTIGATE/ISOLATE THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE IN THE CIRCUIT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS RESTRICTED FLOW IN THE ONE-WAY VALVE. AS A RESULT OF THE ALLEGED ISSUE, THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN OFF OF BYPASS AND THE VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE REPORT STATED THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS. THE DEVICE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT RECORDED AND IS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANALYSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
555065 RVL-2100 B VACUUM RELIEF VALVE CARDIOVASCULAR SUCTION CONTROL VALVE DWD QUEST MEDICAL, INC. 4103202

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1