FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SUPER SHEATH

MDR report key: 9693130 · Received February 11, 2020

Report

Report Number
9612126-2020-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 11, 2020
Date of Event
January 17, 2020
Report Date
February 11, 2020
Manufacturer
TOGO MEDIKIT CO. LTD.
Product Code
DRE
PMA / PMN Number
K141070
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ACTUAL ITEM OF THIS EVENT WAS NOT RETURNED. WHEN A REPRODUCIBILITY TEST WAS PERFORMED USING THE SAME TYPE OF PRODUCT HAVING THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TENSILE STRENGTH SATISFIED THE STANDARD. A SIMILAR EVENT HAS OCCURRED IN THIS MEDICAL INSTITUTION IN THE PAST, AND AS A RESULT OF INSPECTION OF THE DEVICE RETURNED AT THAT TIME, A FRACTURE DAMAGE DUE TO CONTACTING WITH A SHARP BLADE OR THE LIKE WAS OBSERVED AT THE BROKEN PORTION OF THE SHEATH. THEREFORE, IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS BREAKAGE WAS THAT A SHARP BLADE OR THE LIKE CAME INTO CONTACT DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE STRENGTH WAS REDUCED, AND THE SHEATH WAS BROKEN BY THE FORCE TO PULL OUT THE SHEATH. THE MEDICAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE REPORTED EVENT IS SOLD ONLY IN (B)(6). THEREFORE, THE INFORMATION ON THE EQUIVALENT DEVICE TO THE COMPLAINT DEVICE THAT WAS CLEARED UNDER K141070 IS FILLED IN §1, 2, AND 4 OF "D. SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE" IN THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2020, AT A HOSPITAL IN (B)(6), IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SUPER SHEATH WAS FRACTURED WHEN IT WAS PULLED OUT OF A PATIENT'S BODY DURING A PROCEDURE. THE FRACTURED PORTION REMAINED IN THE PATIENT'S BODY AND WAS REMOVED ADEQUATELY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
156560 SUPER SHEATH DILATOR, VESSEL, FOR PERCUTANEOUS CATHETERIZATION DRE TOGO MEDIKIT CO. LTD. UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention