MAUDE Adverse Event Report: BIOSENSE WEBSTER INC. THERMOCOOL® SF NAV BI-DIRECTIONAL CATHETER; CARDIAC ABLATION PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER

Model Number BNI35DFH

Device Problem Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)

Patient Problems Air Embolism (1697); Death (1802); Fistula (1862); No Code Available (3191)

Event Date 01/28/2020

Event Type  Death  

Manufacturer Narrative

The device has been reported as discarded, therefore no product investigation can be performed, and the customer complaint cannot be confirmed.A manufacturing record evaluation (mre) cannot be conducted because no lot/serial number was provided by the customer.If additional information is received regarding this event, a supplemental 3500a report will be submitted to the fda.(b)(6).(b)(4).Biosense webster manufacturer's reference number (b)(4) has two reports related to the same event: for product code bni35dfh (thermocool® smart touch® sf bi-directional navigation catheter).Mfr # 2029046-2020-00489 for product code m4900107 (smartablate¿ system rf generator).

Event Description

It was reported that a female patient underwent repeat persistent atrial fibrillation (afib) ablation procedure with a thermocool® sf nav bi-directional catheter and a smartablate¿ system rf generator and suffered atrioesophageal fistula and air embolism requiring hospitalization and death.A female patient born in (b)(6) underwent a repeat pulmonary vein isolation (pvi) using thermocool® sf nav bi-directional catheter and lasso® nav eco variable catheter without any problems.The patient was sent home after uncomplicated procedure without any known side effects.Patient was hospitalized approx.2 weeks after the procedure in another hospital due to breast pain and malaise.A computed tomography (ct) scan didn¿t show any conspicuousness.During that time the patient¿s condition deteriorated showed signs of worsening outcome.Gastroscopy revealed atria-esophageal fistula in patient.The patient developed air embolism and fistula was treated with clips.Pressure chamber treatment was performed.Patient was in intensive care at the moment of the call in very serious condition with dire prognosis and subsequently expired.The physician¿s opinion on the cause of this adverse event is that it was procedure related.During the procedure the visitag module was used with unknown stability parameters and total time for color option.No additional visitag filters were used.The smartablate¿ system rf generator was set to power control mode with default settings for thermocool® sf catheters.There was no perforation suspected during procedure.No error messages were observed on biosense webster equipment during the procedure.To prevent esophageal injury low power (25w), low duration in ablation (30s maximum duration) was used.Based on the event details a strong argument can be made that the air embolism did not occur during the procedure but rather was a cascade of harms from the atrioesophageal fistula.Therefore, air embolism will only be conservatively coded only under the thermocool® sf nav bi-directional catheter only.

Manufacturer Narrative

On 3/30/2020, additional information about this event was received.It was reported that the date of death is unknown since the patients was in another hospital.Also, the physician¿s opinion is that the cause of death was the fistula and related consequences.No preface sheath was used because only single transseptal with agilis.Additional product details were provided for concomitant devices used during the procedure.Product details have been added to section d11.Concomitant med.Product field.Manufacturer¿s ref # (b)(4).

• Brand Name: THERMOCOOL® SF NAV BI-DIRECTIONAL CATHETER
• Type of Device: CARDIAC ABLATION PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER
• Manufacturer (Section D): BIOSENSE WEBSTER INC.; 33 technology drive; irvine CA 92618
• MDR Report Key: 9891850
• MDR Text Key: 185478946
• Report Number: 2029046-2020-00488
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: LPB
• UDI-Device Identifier: 10846835003215
• UDI-Public: 10846835003215
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• PMA/PMN Number: P030031/S025
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: company representative,foreig
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 03/03/2020

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: BNI35DFH
• Device Catalogue Number: BNI35DFH
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Initial Date Manufacturer Received: 03/03/2020
• Initial Date FDA Received: 03/27/2020
• Supplement Dates Manufacturer Received: 03/30/2020
• Supplement Dates FDA Received: 04/16/2020
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Treatment: AGILIS SHEATH; CARTO 3 SYSTEM; LASSO NAV 2515,12P SPLITHANDLE; SMARTABLATE GENERATOR KIT-WW; SMARTABLATE PUMP KIT-WW
• Patient Outcome(s): Death; Hospitalization