FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

5871214

MDR report key: 5871214 · Received August 12, 2016

Report

Report Number
5871214
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 12, 2016
Date of Event
May 29, 2016
Report Date
August 8, 2016
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS FACILITY HAS HAD THREE EVENTS WITH THIS DEVICE WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS. EVENT 1 - AT THE END OF THE CARDIAC CATH PROCEDURE A MYNX DEVICE WAS ATTEMPTED IN THE RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY. THE PHYSICIAN DID ALL OF THE CORRECT STEPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL CLOSURE DEVICE, BUT THE MYNX DID NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY. THE UNDEPLOYED DEFECTIVE MYNX DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND MANUAL PRESSURE WAS HELD. MANUAL PRESSURE WAS HELD ON GROIN, AFTER MYNX FAILURE, TO CONTROL BLEEDING. EVENT 2 - MYNX DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUAL PRESSURE HELD UNTIL HEMOSTASIS OBTAINED. LONGER (25 MIN) MANUAL PRESSURE HELD UNTIL HEMOSTASIS OBTAINED. EVENT 3 - MYNX BALLOON RUPTURE UPON ATTEMPTED DEPLOYMENT. A SECOND MYNX DEVICE USED SUCCESSFULLY. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR MYNX, (BRAND NOT PROVIDED) (PER SITE REPORTER): THEY WILL EVALUATE ALL THREE ONCE THEY RECEIVE THEM.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NO KNOWN