FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HEMASHIELD KNITTED DOUBLE VELOUR FABRIC

MDR report key: 78109 · Received March 21, 1997

Report

Report Number
2242352-1997-00024
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 21, 1997
Date of Event
November 19, 1996
Report Date
February 25, 1997
Manufacturer
MEADOX MEDICAL, INC., DIV. B.S.C.
Product Code
DXZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE RETURNED, UNUSED PRODUCTS FROM THIS LOT WERE EVALUATED AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN SPECIFICATION FOR POROSITY. SINCE THE ACTUAL PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE DR.'S EXPERIENCE IS UNK. CODE 86: THE MFG BATCH RECORDS FOR THE DEVICE WERE REVIEWED. CODE 100: THE BATCH RECORDS WERE NOT ATYPICAL - NO SIMILAR INCIDENTS AGAINST THIS BATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATCH LEAKED BLOOD FOR APPROX TWENTY MINUTES. QUANTITY OF BLOOD IS UNKNOWN. LEAKAGE WAS STOPPED WITH AVITENE, HEMOSTATIC AGENT AND PRESSURE. THE PT'S CONDITION, POST-OPERATIVELY WAS INITIALLY STABLE, BUT AFTERWARD PT DEVELOPED A HEMOTOMA. LATER, WHEN GIVEN HEPARIN, EVACUATION WAS REQUIRED. THIS IS ALL INFO REPORTED TO CO BY THE DOCTOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HEMASHIELD KNITTED DOUBLE VELOUR FABRIC Implant CARDIOVASCULAR FABRIC DXZ MEADOX MEDICAL, INC., DIV. B.S.C. 019508 116029

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NO INFO Other