FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INSPIRE

MDR report key: 6988423 · Received October 30, 2017

Report

Report Number
3007666314-2017-00022
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 30, 2017
Date of Event
October 17, 2017
Report Date
October 30, 2017
Manufacturer
INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
Product Code
MNQ
UDI-DI
00855728005000
PMA / PMN Number
P130008
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT WHILE ANCHORING THE SENSING LEAD, THE SURGEON NOTICED SOME AIR BUBBLES FROM THE LEAD TRACT. SHE WAS CONCERNED WITH POSSIBLE PNEUMOTHORAX SO SHE INJECTED SOME SALINE AND ASKED ANESTHESIA FOR SOME MANUAL BREATHS. DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING MORE SO SHE CONTINUED WITH PROCEDURE. SHORTLY AFTER, WHEN ANCHORING THE SECOND ANCHOR MORE AIR BUBBLES WERE NOTICED. SHE CALLED FOR XRAY POST IMPLANT BEFORE WAKING THE PATIENT. XRAY READ BY RADIOLOGIST AND A PNEUMOTHORAX WAS DETECTED. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO HOSPITAL AND WAS ADMITTED AND A CHEST TUBE WAS INSERTED TO TREAT THE PNEUMOTHORAX.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
768680 INSPIRE SENSING LEAD MNQ INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC 4323 00855728005000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention