FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ON-X PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

MDR report key: 5538828 · Received March 31, 2016

Report

Report Number
1649833-2016-70018
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 31, 2016
Date of Event
February 10, 2016
Report Date
April 27, 2021
Manufacturer
ON-X LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
DYE
UDI-DI
00851788001662
PMA / PMN Number
P000037
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
RO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS PER THE REQUEST SUBMITTED BY FDA MEDWATCH PROGRAM, THIS REPORT IS BEING RESUBMITTED AS REPORT NUMBER 1649833-2016--70018-1. THIS REPORT WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED AS 1649833-2016-70014 - 1, MARCH 31, 2016. DESCRIPTION FROM MEDWATCH REPORT AS FOLLOWS: THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP REPORT TO THE ORIGINAL MOR NO. 1649833-2016-70014. EVENT OCCURRED IN ROMANIA. A LEAFLET WAS BROKEN WHILE ATTEMPTING ROTATION OF THE VALVE. THE VALVE HAS BEEN RETURNED AND INVESTIGATED. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE HOUSING WAS ROTATED EITHER BY AN UNDER SIZE ROTATOR OR OTHER METHOD OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE VALVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU) RESULTING IN LEAFLET FRACTURE AND SUBSEQUENT VALVE HOUSING DAMAGE. IN BRIEF, IT IS SUMMARIZED AS "IATROGENIC DAMAGE". THE IFU CLEARLY WARNS AGAINST USING UNDERSIZE ROTATORS OR OTHER NON-ON-X INSTRUMENT AS IT CAN RESULT IN DAMAGE. THIS WAS NOT A STRUCTURAL VALVE DYSFUNCTION CAUSED BY LATENT DEFECT IN THE VALVE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
196175 ON-X PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE MECHANICAL HEART VALVE DYE ON-X LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ONXANE 00851788001662

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown