BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM - PUMP

    MDR report key: 8061805 · Received November 12, 2018

    Report

    Report Number
    3007042319-2018-05501
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    November 12, 2018
    Date of Event
    March 28, 2017
    Report Date
    January 10, 2019
    Manufacturer
    HEARTWARE, INC.
    Product Code
    DSQ
    PMA / PMN Number
    P100047
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    003

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: ONE (1) PUMP AND ONE (1) UNKNOWN COMPONENT WITH UNKNOWN SERIAL NUMBERS WERE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. REVIEW OF LOG FILES COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED SINCE LOG FILES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED ¿MALFUNCTION¿. AS A RESULT, THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT A DEVICE MALFUNCTION CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. POSSIBLE CLINICAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT INCLUDE THE PATIENT¿S PRE-EXISTING HISTORY AND RELATED COMORBIDITIES, THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR UNDERLYING DISEASE, ISSUES RELATED TO THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET MEDICATIONS AND THE PATIENT'S COMPLEX POST-OPERATIVE COURSE. THERE ARE POSSIBLE PATIENT, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS: UNKNOWN / UNKNOWN FDA METHOD CODE(S): 4114, FDA RESULTS CODE(S): 3221, FDA CONCLUSION CODE(S): MEDTRONIC, INC. (MEDTRONIC) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH 21 C.F.R. PART 803, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING REGULATION. THIS REPORT IS BASED UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY MEDTRONIC, WHICH THE COMPANY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE FDA. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION IN THE TIME ALLOTTED AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEVICE, MEDTRONIC OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION BY ANYONE THAT THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT HAS ANY "DEFECTS" OR HAS "MALFUNCTIONED". THESE WORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FDA 3500A FORM AND ARE FIXED ITEMS FOR SELECTION CREATED BY THE FDA, TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF EVENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING PURSUANT TO PART 803. MEDTRONIC OBJECTS TO THE USE OF THESE WORDS AND OTHERS LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DEFINITION AND THE CONNOTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE TERMS. THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR REPORT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN OR UNAVAILABLE. A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    THE "OTHER COMPONENT" REMAINS IN USE.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT NOT DIAGNOSIS. THE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM IS INDICATED FOR USE AS A BRIDGE TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION AND DESTINATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DEATH FROM REFRACTORY END-STAGE LEFT VENTRICULAR HEART FAILURE. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR IN-HOSPITAL AND OUT-OF-HOSPITAL SETTINGS. OTHER DEVICES INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT: HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM ¿ UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN / EXPIRATION DATE: UNKNOWN UDI #: ASKU, MFG DATE: UNKNOWN. (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A PUMP THROMBOSIS AND UNSPECIFIED MALFUNCTION ON AN "OTHER COMPONENT". NO SPECIFIC CAUSE WAS IDENTIFIED. THE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD) REMAINS IN USE. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    899574 HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM - PUMP VENTRICULAR (ASSISST) BYPASS DSQ HEARTWARE, INC. UNK-PUMP

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 48 YR Life Threatening