FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SUPERSHEATH

MDR report key: 7775838 · Received August 12, 2018

Report

Report Number
9612126-2018-00011
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 12, 2018
Date of Event
May 22, 2018
Report Date
August 8, 2018
Manufacturer
TOGO MEDIKIT CO. LTD.
Product Code
DRE
PMA / PMN Number
K141070
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WAS RETURNED. THE RETURNED DEVICE WAS EXAMINED, AND THE REPEATABILITY TEST. WAS CONDUCTED USING RESERVED SAMPLES WITH VOLUNTARY LOT NUMBERS THAT ARE THE SAME SPECIFICATION AS THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT. DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE, A FRACTURED PORTION OF THE SHEATH WAS INSPECTED WITH MAGNIFICATION, AND A TRACE OF CUTTING WAS OBSERVED THAT SEEMED TO BE MADE BY SOMETHING LIKE SCISSORS. JUDGING FROM THIS EXAMINATION, A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THIS FRACTURE IS THAT THE SHEATH WAS ACCIDENTALLY CUT BY SOMETHING LIKE SCISSORS DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE MEDICAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE REPORTED EVENT IS SOLD ONLY IN (B)(4). THEREFORE, THE INFORMATION ON THE EQUIVALENT DEVICE TO THE COMPLAINT DEVICE THAT WAS CLEARED UNDER K141070.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2018, AT A HOSPITAL IN (B)(6), IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SUPER SHEATH WAS FRACTURED DURING A PROCEDURE. THE FRACTURED PORTION REMAINED IN THE PATIENT'S BODY AND WAS REMOVED ADEQUATELY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
616858 SUPERSHEATH DILATOR, VESSEL, FOR PERCUTANEOUS CATHETERIZATION DRE TOGO MEDIKIT CO. LTD. UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention