FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CELSITE ACCESS PORT

MDR report key: 6175109 · Received December 15, 2016

Report

Report Number
3006332832-2016-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 15, 2016
Date of Event
March 31, 2016
Report Date
December 14, 2016
Manufacturer
B. BRAUN MEDICAL SAS
Product Code
LJT
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S FAMILY CONTACTED B. BRAUN INTERVENTIONAL SYSTEMS TO REPORT THE FRAGMENT OF A PORT CATHETER SEVERING AND MIGRATING TO RIGHT ATRIUM, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED. PATIENT HAD PORT DUE TO DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER. SHORTLY AFTER DISCHARGE PATIENT FELT LIKE SOMETHING MOVED IN HER CHEST AND BEGAN EXPERIENCING CHEST PAINS. PATIENT RETURNED TO IMPLANTING HOSPITAL AND WAS TOLD THAT PAINS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH PORT "SETTLING IN" AND WAS SENT HOME. CHEST PAINS PERSISTED, PATIENT WENT TO SECOND HOSPITAL WHERE THEY PERFORMED CHEST X-RAY AND DETERMINED A PIECE OF THE PORT CATHETER BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO HEART. CATHETER SEGMENT WAS RETRIEVED PERCUTANEOUSLY THROUGH JUGULAR VEIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
829996 CELSITE ACCESS PORT CELSITE ACCESS PORT LJT B. BRAUN MEDICAL SAS K137685U

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| L| R| S