MAUDE Adverse Event Report: B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC. DESIGN OPTIONS®; SPINAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA

Catalog Number	530048
Medical Device Problem Code	Break (1069)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
(b)(4).The device involved has not been received for evaluation and the investigation is ongoing at this time.A follow up will be submitted when the investigation results become available.
Event or Problem Description
As reported by the user facility: customer reports that the clinician was inserting catheter through tuohy needle and met resistance when trying to remove the needle.When removing the catheter through the needle, the catheter sheared.The clinician was able to remove the wire portion of catheter at that time.About six cm of catheter remained in patient.A new spinal one level down was done and after spinal was able to remove the remaining portion of the catheter from patient.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
This report has been identified as b.Braun medical internal report number (b)(4).Multiple unsuccessful attempts were made to obtain a sample.Without the actual device, a thorough investigation could not be performed.A review of the discrepancy management system (dsms) database was performed for the reported lot number and no abnormalities or non-conformances were noted during the in process or final product inspection.We will maintain this report for further references and continue to monitor other reports for similar occurrences.If a sample and/or any additional pertinent information becomes available, a follow up will be submitted.

• Brand Name: DESIGN OPTIONS®
• Common Device Name: SPINAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA
• Manufacturer (Section D): B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC.; 901 marcon blvd.; allentown PA 18109
• MDR Report Key: 7837121
• Report Number: 2523676-2018-00065
• Device Sequence Number: 1573604
• Product Code: OFT
• UDI-Device Identifier: 04046964305313
• UDI-Public: 04046964305313
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter State: ID
• Initial Reporter Country: US
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: health professional,user faci
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other Health Care Professional
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 09/26/2018

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?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 08/31/2019
• Device Catalogue Number: 530048
• Device Lot Number: 0061605303
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Yes
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 08/07/2018
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 08/07/2018
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 08/31/2018
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 09/26/2018
• 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: Required Intervention