FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACHIEVE MAPPING CATHETER

MDR report key: 6169290 · Received December 13, 2016

Report

Report Number
3002648230-2016-00523
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 13, 2016
Date of Event
January 1, 2016
Report Date
November 15, 2016
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP
Product Code
DRF
PMA / PMN Number
K102588
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCT: ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE CARDIAC CRYOABLATION CATHETER. 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) YEARS OLD 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: ¿PREVALENCE AND PRE-PROCEDURAL PREDICTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT PHRENIC NERVE INJURY IN ELECTROMYOGRAPHY-GUIDED, SECOND-GENERATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION: SINGLE LARGE BALLOON AND SINGLE 3-MINUTE FREEZE TECHNIQUES.¿ JACC CLIN ELECTROPHYSIOL. 2016;2(4):508-514.

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 MAPPING CATHETER: THERE WAS ONE (1) PATIENT WITH PNEUMOTHORAX DURING THE PUNCTURE OF THE RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN. THE STATUS/LOCATION OF THE MAPPING 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
821770 ACHIEVE MAPPING CATHETER CATHETER, ELECTRODE RECORDING, OR PROBE, ELECTRODE RECORDING DRF MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP 990063-020

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Life Threatening| R FLEXCATH ADVANCE STEERABLE SHEATH