FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PILLING CVT NEEDLE HOLDER

MDR report key: 866329 · Received June 8, 2007

Report

Report Number
1044475-2007-00029
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 8, 2007
Date of Event
October 9, 2000
Report Date
June 6, 2007
Manufacturer
TELEFLEX MEDICAL
Product Code
GAA
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVAL; THEREFORE, THE IDENTIYY OF THE MFR IS NOT CLEAR. BECAUSE IT WAS ALLEGED THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED BY TELEFLEX MEDICAL, THIS MDR IS BEING FILED UNDER THE TELEFLEX OWNER REGISTRATION NUMBER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A CLIENT ALLEGES THAT THE CLIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE FIVE YRS AFTER UNDERGOING A SCHEDULE MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION. THE ATTORNEY FURTHER ALLEGES THAT THE FOREIGN BODIES FOUND IN THE PT'S LUNG WERE FRAGMENTS OF A PILLING NEEDLE HOLDER THAT MAY HAVE BROKEN OFF DURING SURGERY. THERE WERE SEVERAL FOREIGN BODIES FOUND THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PILLING CVT NEEDLE HOLDER NEEDLE HOLDER GAA TELEFLEX MEDICAL NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 YR Disability