FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BARRICAID

MDR report key: 10393996 · Received August 11, 2020

Report

Report Number
3006232063-2019-00004
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 11, 2020
Date of Event
October 9, 2018
Report Date
April 1, 2019
Manufacturer
INTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS
Product Code
QES
PMA / PMN Number
P160050
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A COMPLETE MANUFACTURING RECORDS REVIEW CONDUCTED BY INTRINSIC SHOWED THAT THE PRODUCT WAS MANUFACTURED TO SPECIFICATION. DEVICE WAS DISCARDED AND NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THERE IS NO SUGGESTION FROM THE SURGEON OR THE PERI-OPERATIVE IMAGING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE INITIAL PLACEMENT OF THE DEVICE. BASED ON THE CT IMAGING, THE MIGRATION OF THE MESH COMPONENT INTO THE SPINAL CANAL WAS CONFIRMED. DEVICE SEPARATION AND MIGRATION ARE KNOWN INHERENT RISKS IDENTIFIED IN THE DEVICE IFU WITH OCCURRENCE RATES LOWER THAN THOSE STATED IN OUR DEVICE IFU WHICH ARE DETERMINED AND BASED UPON THE PIVOTAL SUPERIORITY STUDY. IN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE OCCLUSION COMPONENT MIGRATION WAS MECHANICAL LOADING ON THE OCCLUSION COMPONENT DUE TO INTRADISCAL PRESSURE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE PATIENT'S ACTIVITIES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A RECURRENT HERNIATION AT L5/S1 LEFT. ADDITIONALLY, THE IMAGING INDICATED THAT THE MESH COMPONENT HAD MIGRATED INTO THE EPIDURAL SPACE. A REOPERATION WAS PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE HERNIATION AND DETACHED MESH COMPONENT. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT SCAR TISSUE HAD GROWN TOGETHER WITH THE MESH COMPONENT. THE MESH COMPONENT WAS REMOVED IN PIECES. THE SURGEON MENTIONED THAT SCAR TISSUE MADE THE REOPERATION MORE CHALLENGING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
858404 BARRICAID 12 MM BARRICAID QES INTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS 2731015-EU 12141602

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 35 YR Required Intervention