FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AMPLATZER SEPTAL OCCLUDER

MDR report key: 1030103 · Received April 21, 2008

Report

Report Number
2135147-2008-00030
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 21, 2008
Date of Event
March 21, 2008
Report Date
April 21, 2008
Manufacturer
AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION
Product Code
MLV
PMA / PMN Number
P000039
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SN
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE AMPLATZER SEPTAL OCCLUDER WAS RECEIVED AT AGA MEDICAL IN ITS ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION AND DECONTAMINATED. THE DEVICE WAS THEN MEASURED AND THE SIZE WAS CONFIRMED TO MEET DIMENSIONAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE DEVICE WAS EXAMINED MICROSCOPICALLY AND NO DEFECTS WERE OBSERVED. DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO RECEIVE THE IMAGING OF THIS CASE, NO IMAGING HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO CONFIRM SIZING AND EVALUATE OTHER PARAMETERS OF THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE. THE RESULTS OF OUR INVESTIGATION ARE INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO THE LACK OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE FIELD. SHOULD THE IMAGING BECOME AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE, WE WILL FORWARD ANY ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT HAD TWO ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS. A3D ECHO PROBE WAS USED AND PLANNED TO USE A (??) DEVICE TO REPAIR BOTH ASDS. AFTER THREE HOURS, THE CASE WAS ABORTED BECAUSE PHYSICIAN WAS UNABLE TO SECURE THE DEVICE IN THE DEFECT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AMPLATZER SEPTAL OCCLUDER CARDIAC OCCLUSION DEVICE MLV AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION 9-ASD-028 M07C20-13

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention