MAUDE Adverse Event Report: CARDIOFOCUS HEARTLIGHT; HEARTLIGHT CATHETER

Model Number	18-2531-N250
Medical Device Problem Code	Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Nerve Damage (1979)
Date of Event	08/07/2020
Type of Reportable Event	Serious Injury
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
No device deficiency reported.Phrenic nerve injury leading to diaphragmmatic paralysis is a known potential adverse event for catheter ablation procedures disclosed in product labeling.
Event or Problem Description
During a pulmonary vein isolation (pvi) procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, loss of diaphragmatic capture was confirmed from a decrease in compound muscle action potential (cmap) amplitude while ablating the right superior pulmonary vein (rspv).The diaphragmatic paralysis was still present at the end of the procedure.The patient was discharged without symptoms or prolongation of hospitalization, but elevation of the diaphragm was confirmed on pre-discharge chest x-ray.

• Brand Name: HEARTLIGHT
• Common Device Name: HEARTLIGHT CATHETER
• Manufacturer (Section D): CARDIOFOCUS; 500 nickerson rd.; suite 500-200; marlboro, ma
• MDR Report Key: 10497097
• Report Number: 1225698-2020-00024
• Device Sequence Number: 19376075
• Product Code: OAE
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00868976000109
• UDI-Public: 00868976000109
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: JA
• PMA/510(K) Number: P150026
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: company representative,foreig
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 09/04/2020

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
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 03/31/2021
• Device Model Number: 18-2531-N250
• Device Catalogue Number: 18-2531-N250
• Device Lot Number: 12220-001
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 08/07/2020
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 09/04/2020
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Outcome Attributed to Adverse Event: Other