FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

HLM TUBING SET W/BIOLINE COATING

MDR report key: 5932887 · Received September 7, 2016

Report

Report Number
8010762-2016-00553
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 7, 2016
Date of Event
August 26, 2016
Report Date
August 26, 2016
Manufacturer
MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY AG
Product Code
DWE
PMA / PMN Number
K080592
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION; THEREFORE NO MANUFACTURER LABORATORY INVESTIGATION WAS POSSIBLE. TREND SEARCH: A SAP TREND SEARCH WAS PERFORMED FOR P/N 70102.7818 FAILURE CODE 0306 OXYGENATION AND TWO ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND. BOTH OF THEM ARE CLOSED ALREADY. NO DEVICE RELATING FACTORS WERE DETERMINED CAUSING THE REPORTED FAILURE. DUE TO THIS INFORMATION NO SYSTEMIC ISSUE COULD BE DETERMINED. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT: DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PATIENT WAS DROWNED IT IS STRONGLY ASSUMED THAT THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS NOT RELATED TO A DEVICE RELATED MALFUNCTION. MOST PROBABLE WATER WAS ACCUMULATING WITHIN THE BODY OF THE PATIENT WHICH DID DIFFUSE ONTO THE BLOOD SIDE OF THE OXYGENATOR AND BY THIS WAY WAS ENTERING THE ECMO SYSTEM - CONSEQUENTLY THE OXYGENATOR. THERE, THE ACCUMULATED WATER PROBABLE CAUSED AN INCREASING REDUCTION OF THE GAS EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE REPORTED PHENOMENON. BASED ON THIS A CONFIRMATION OF A DEVICE RELATED MALFUNCTION IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE DATA IS ALSO BEING HANDLED THROUGH A DESIGNATED MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY TRENDING AND APPLICABLE INVESTIGATION PROCESS. DUE TO THIS NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION INITIATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER: AFTER ECMO HAD RUN FOR 30 MINUTES, OXYGEN SATURATION WAS DROPPED SUDDENLY TO 20% AND THE PO2 WAS 90. THE DOCTOR FOUND THE BLOOD AND TRANSPARENT LIQUID(MAYBE WATER) LAYERED AS THE PICTURE SHOWED, AND IT WAS OK OF THE INLET SIDE. SO THEY EXCHANGED OTHER SET. DURING THE EXCHANGE, OXYGEN SATURATION WAS LOW AND THE HEART RATE DROPPED. THREE HOURS AFTER THEY FINISHED THE EXCHANGE, THE PATIENT DIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT MAINTAIN HER HEART RATE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(4)

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
583855 HLM TUBING SET W/BIOLINE COATING TUBING, PUMP, CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DWE MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY AG BE-PLS 2050 70109934

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 39 YR Death