VARIPULSE Bi-Directional Catheter Adverse Events: FDA MAUDE Data

Biosense Webster Inc · Cardiac Ablation Catheter (Pulsed Field/PFA) · First cleared Nov 2024

Total Reports

418

Reports (30d)

41

Active Signals

1

Open Recalls

1

Monthly Report Volume
Event Type Breakdown

Most commonly reported problems

1

Pericardial Effusion with Catheter Error

directional, varipulse, directional catheter, varipulse catheter, varipulse directional

43

reports

2

Stroke After PVI + Box Ablation

stroke, varipulse, ablations, directional catheter, varipulse directional

27

reports

3

Phrenic Nerve Injury Post-Ablation

cardiac ablation, flow, irrigation, high, result event

3

reports

4

Death from Multi-Organ Failure Post-PFA

ventricular, farawave, patients, farawave catheter, study

2

reports

5

Catheter Leak During Flushing

selected use, farawave, farawave catheter, nav, farapulse

2

reports

6

Coronary Spasm During Ablation

coronary, cardiac ablation, spasm, elevation, result event

1

reports

Problem groupings are generated by Claripulse from report narrative text. They summarize what reporters wrote, not adjudicated root cause.

Active safety signals

Disproportionate reportinghigh

FDA recalls for this device

Class I

Jan 5, 2025 · Open, Classified

Due to an observed trend of neurovascular events

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Disclaimer: This system analyzes publicly available FDA MAUDE data. It does NOT provide medical advice. MAUDE data is de-identified. Do not attempt re-identification. Report counts may differ from the FDA's MAUDE search due to processing cadence and deduplication. Data is updated weekly.