inforMED
InjuryOMF

NEO MAPCATH SENSOR STYLET

Received Mar 28, 2013 · Event occurred Mar 15, 2013

Report 3074276 · MDR key 3074276

Device

Generic name

Navigator Wire

Manufacturer

Corpak Medsystems

Model number

0.8 FR

Catalog number

60-2008

Lot number

4427

Product problems

  • Break

Patient

17 DA

  • Bacterial Infection
  • Sepsis
  • Foreign body, removal of

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

WIRE STYLET USED IN ADVANCING PICC LINE BROKE WHILE INSIDE PATIENT BECOMING AN INTRAVASCULAR FOREIGN BODY. THIS FOREIGN BODY REQUIRED SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR REMOVAL.