LIBERTY SELECT CYCLER ASSY(NON-VALUATED)
Report
- Report Number
- 2937457-2018-03087
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- October 16, 2018
- Date of Event
- October 5, 2018
- Report Date
- October 24, 2018
- Manufacturer
- CONCORD MANUFACTURING
- Product Code
- FKX
- UDI-DI
- 00840861102068
- PMA / PMN Number
- K171652
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- NY, US
- Reporter Occupation
- NURSE
Narratives
NO PARTS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR PHYSICAL EVALUATION. A RECORDS REVIEW WAS PERFORMED ON THE REPORTED SERIAL NUMBER. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEVICE MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THERE WERE NO NON-CONFORMANCES, OR ANY ASSOCIATED REWORK IDENTIFIED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHICH COULD BE RELATED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. IN ADDITION, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW CONFIRMED THE RESULTS OF THE IN-PROGRESS AND FINAL QUALITY CONTROL (QC) TESTING MET ALL REQUIREMENTS. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED PROBLEM WAS NOT ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED. A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION REGARDING THE COMPLAINT INCIDENT CANNOT BE REACHED WITHOUT A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE.
CLINICAL REVIEW: A CLINICAL INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PATIENT'S PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (PD) TREATMENT AND THE REPORTED SHORTNESS OF BREATH WITH SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSIS OF HYPOXIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO FLUID OVERLOAD AND PULMONARY EDEMA. THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EVENT AND THE LIBERTY SELECT CYCLER. THE PATIENT¿S GI BLEED IS NOT RELATED TO PD THERAPY. THE GI BLEED IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE PATIENT. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION OR INDICATION THE LIBERTY SELECT CYCLER CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO A SERIOUS ADVERSE PATIENT EVENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE PATIENT HAS CHRONIC SHORTNESS OF BREATH, EXTENSIVE COMORBIDITIES AND CHRONIC HYPOXIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE WHICH COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. ALTHOUGH A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP CANNOT BE CONFIRMED, A TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PATIENT'S PD THERAPY AND THE REPORTED EVENT REMAINS. SHOULD ADDITIONAL NEW INFORMATION BE MADE AVAILABLE THIS CLINICAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE REEVALUATED. THE PLANT INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED UPON COMPLETION OF THIS ACTIVITY.
A PATIENT ON CONTINUOUS CYCLING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CCPD) FOR RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) PRESENTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND TWO EPISODES OF DARK RED BLOOD PER RECTUM. THIS PATIENT HAS A HISTORY OF CHRONIC ANEMIA THOUGHT TO BE DUE TO CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE. THE PATIENT HAS CHRONIC SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND IS ON HOME OXYGEN. THE ADMISSION RESULTED IN A DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE ON CHRONIC HYPOXIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE RELATED TO FLUID OVERLOAD AND PULMONARY EDEMA AND A LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED. ETIOLOGY OF THE FLUID OVERLOAD AND PULMONARY EDEMA IS UNKNOWN. THE PATIENT COMPLETED HEMODIALYSIS DURING HOSPITALIZATION WHICH IMPROVED THEIR CONDITION. THE PATIENT ALSO COMPLETED MANUAL EXCHANGES 4 TIMES A DAY UTILIZING 2.5% SOLUTION AND A TOTAL OF 2L PER EXCHANGE. THE PATIENT RECEIVED 1 UNIT OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS (PRBC) AND THEIR HEMOGLOBIN (8.8) AND HEMATOCRIT (25.7) VALUES STABILIZED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY (EGD) (DATE UNKNOWN) WHICH SHOWED ERYTHEMATOUS MUCOSA IN THE GASTRIC BODY AND ANTRUM, ERYTHEMATOUS DUODENOPATHY AND SOME MUCOSAL CHANGES IN THE ESOPHAGUS SUSPICIOUS FOR EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS. A COLONOSCOPY WAS SCHEDULED (DATE UNKNOWN) BUT THE PATIENT¿S BREATHING STATUS WAS COMPROMISED AND REQUIRED TO BE RESCHEDULED. A CHEST X-RAY (DATE UNKNOWN) SHOWED PULMONARY VASCULAR CONGESTION. THE COLONOSCOPY WAS REATTEMPTED (DATE UNKNOWN), HOWEVER, THE PATIENT¿S PREP WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND THERE WAS NO VISUALIZATION. THE PATIENT¿S BLEEDING SUBSIDED AND THE PLAN WAS FOR THE PATIENT TO RETURN TO PERITONEAL DIALYSIS UPON DISCHARGE. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME AFTER FIVE DAYS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 809057 | LIBERTY SELECT CYCLER ASSY(NON-VALUATED) | SYSTEM, PERITONEAL, AUTOMATIC DELIVERY | FKX | CONCORD MANUFACTURING | 00840861102068 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 YR | Hospitalization| R | DELFLEX PD FLUID| LIBERTY CYCLER SET | DELFLEX PD FLUID| LIBERTY CYCLER SET |