| Catalog Number |
C-PCS-700-TORONTO-042997 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
09/27/2016
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This mdr is being filed after the associated complaint was reviewed under remediation protocol (b)(4), complaint/mdr retrospective review and remediation and reassessed as reportable.Additional complaint investigation and record remediation was not performed.Blank fields on this form that have not been previously submitted indicate the information is unknown or unavailable.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the device was used for pericardial drainage and the physician was unable to advance the catheter over the wire guide.However, the physician removed the catheter and wire together as a unit since there was inability to advance the catheter.The wire guide was replaced with another manufacturer's wire guide, then the same catheter could advance over the replacement and could be placed for drainage successfully.It was further noted that the complaint wire guide was elongated and the user may have tried to remove the catheter while the wire guide remained in the patient.There were no reported adverse effects to the patient as a result of the product problem.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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