BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    FLEXCATH ADVANCE STEERABLE SHEATH

    MDR report key: 6107474 · Received November 16, 2016

    Report

    Report Number
    3002648230-2016-00487
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    November 16, 2016
    Date of Event
    January 1, 2014
    Report Date
    October 20, 2016
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP
    Product Code
    DRA
    PMA / PMN Number
    K081049
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TU
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS EVENT THROUGH A SEARCH OF LITERATURE PUBLICATIONS. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE LITERATURE PUBLICATION OR TO MATCH THE EVENT WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ENTIRELY ON JOURNAL LITERATURE. THE EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS LIMITED DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE TO ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THE BASELINE GENDER/AGE CHARACTERISTIC IS MALE/(B)(6) FOR THE PATIENTS REFERENCED IN THE ARTICLE. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER OR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER, THE MANUFACTURING DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. SINCE NO DEVICE ID WAS PROVIDED, IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. REFERENCED ARTICLE: ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF CRYOBALLOON-BASED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION BEYOND PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION: MODIFICATION OF GANGLIONATED PLEXI. EUROPACE (2014) 16, 645651. DOI:10.1093/EUROPACE/EUT240.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE LITERATURE PUBLICATION REPORTS THE FOLLOWING PATIENT COMPLICATION WHILE USING A SHEATH CATHETER: THERE WERE FIFTEEN (15) PATIENTS WHO EXPERIENCED PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; WITH UNKNOWN OUTCOME/TREATMENT. THE STATUS/LOCATION OF THE SHEATH CATHETER IS UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    755783 FLEXCATH ADVANCE STEERABLE SHEATH CATHETER, STEERABLE DRA MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP 4FC12

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 54 YR Life Threatening| R ARCTIC FRONT CARDIAC CRYOABLATION CATHETER