FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ACTIVECARE DVT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 695293 · Received March 30, 2006

Report

Report Number
9616558-2006-00001
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 30, 2006
Date of Event
January 2, 2006
Report Date
March 15, 2006
Manufacturer
MEDICAL COMPRESSION SYSTEMS (DBN) LTD.
Product Code
JOW
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE INCIDENT WITH DR'S PATIENT OCCURRED IN 2006. PROCEDURE WAS A SURGICAL ABDOMINAL PLASTY, LIPO, AND BILATERAL BREAST AUGMENTATION. PT. ADMITTED ON 1/2006 @7:12AM INTO OR 9:26AM WITH ACTIVE CARE LEG DEVICE ON THROUGHOUT PROCEDURE AND HOSPITAL STAY. SHE WAS DISCHARGED THAT AFTERNOON AT 15:55. PT WAS PREPARING TO DRESS TO LEAVE. THIS PATIENT COMPLICATION STATED BY DR. WAS A P.E. AND WAS RE HOSPITALIZED. NO DEATH, NO KNOWN OTHER FACTS". "ACCOUNT CLINICAL DIRECTOR, CYNTHIA MIRANDA, STATED THAT DOCTOR ALLEGED THAT A PATIENT UTILIZED AN ACTIVE CAR DVT WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL. DOCTOR KINSLEY THEN ALLEGED THAT THE PATIENT EXPIRED IN HER HOME, 7 DAYS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. DOCTOR ALLEGED THAT THE ACTIVE CARE DVT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT EXPIRING".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACTIVECARE DVT SYSTEM COMPRESSIBLE LIMB SLEEVE JOW MEDICAL COMPRESSION SYSTEMS (DBN) LTD. ACTIVECARE DVT SYST NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Death