FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FUBCUTANEOUS PORT TUBING

MDR report key: 7922 · Received March 7, 1994

Report

Report Number
7922
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 7, 1994
Date of Event
September 15, 1993
Report Date
December 29, 1993
Manufacturer
NORFOLK MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TUBING FROM SUBCUTANEOUS PORT SHEARED OFF AND MIGRATED INTO VASCULAR SYSTEM (HEART). TURING REMOVED BY CARDIOLOGIST AT AN EARLIER DATE. REMAINDER OF MEDIPORT REMOVED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1993INVALID DATA - REGARDING SINGLE USE LABELING OF DEVICE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY.NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED, VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: MATERIAL DEGRADATION/DETERIORATION. CONCLUSION: DEVICE FAILURE INDIRECTLY CAUSED EVENT. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: YES. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: DEVICE PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM SERVICE. INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF STATUS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FUBCUTANEOUS PORT TUBING NORFOLK MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. NOT AVAILABLE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 18 YR Other