MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC MEXICO BROCKENBROUGH NEEDLE; TROCAR

Model Number	EP003994S
Medical Device Problem Code	Break (1069)
Health Effect - Clinical Codes	No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
Date of Event	06/30/2020
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
It was reported that during an ablation procedure, the transeptal needle was advanced though the sheath, and plastic was skived.This occurred again with another needle.The needle was replaced with a competitor product to resolve the issue.No patient complications have been reported as a result of this event.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Product event summary: the brockenbrough needle ep003994s with lot number 218278997 was returned and analyzed.Visual inspection showed no visible blood was found.It was found that there was kink at 0.6 from the distal tip, the brockenbrough needle was unable to enter the returned sheath.In conclusion, the reported skiving was unable to be confirmed.The needle failed the returned product inspection due to the kink.Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.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 and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee 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 regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them 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.

• Brand Name: BROCKENBROUGH NEEDLE
• Common Device Name: TROCAR
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC MEXICO; av. paseo del cucapah #10510; tijuana,bc 22570 ; MX 22570
• MDR Report Key: 10252299
• Report Number: 9612164-2020-02510
• Device Sequence Number: 14097695
• Product Code: DRC
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00613994663146
• UDI-Public: 00613994663146
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: PO
• PMA/510(K) Number: PRE-AMEND
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 11/25/2020

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 08/15/2021
• Device Model Number: EP003994S
• Device Catalogue Number: EP003994S
• Device Lot Number: 218278997
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Device Returned to Manufacturer
• Date Returned to Manufacturer: 08/28/2020
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 07/01/2020
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 10/30/2020
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 07/09/2020
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 11/26/2020
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Concomitant Medical Products and Therapy/Usage Dates: EP003994S BROCKENBROUGH NEEDLE; EP003994S BROCKENBROUGH NEEDLE