FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 10411058 · Received August 14, 2020

Report

Report Number
2017233-2020-01133
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 14, 2020
Date of Event
July 13, 2020
Report Date
September 17, 2020
Manufacturer
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
PRL
PMA / PMN Number
P160021
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

H6-CODE 213: A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS INDICATED THE LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT. THEREFORE NO ENGINEERING EVALUATION COULD BE PERFORMED. CBAS® HEPARIN SURFACE INCORPORATES CBAS-HEPARIN MANUFACTURED FROM HEPARIN SODIUM API, WHICH IS COVALENTLY BOUND TO THE DEVICE SURFACE AND IS ESSENTIALLY NON-ELUTING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR (CHEVAR) DUE TO AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. AS THE MAIN BODY AN ENDURANT II STENT GRAFT SYSTEM (MEDTRONIC) WAS USED. A GORE® VIABAHN® VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS (VBX DEVICE) WAS USED AS A SNORKEL/CHIMNEY TO TREAT THE PARARENAL ANEURYSM OF THE RIGHT RENAL ARTERY. A BRACHIAL PERCUTANEOUS ACCESS WAS GAINED BY CUT. THE STUDY DATABASE INDICATES THAT THE DEVICE WAS SUCCESSFULLY PLACED AND DEPLOYED AS INTENDED WITHOUT ABNORMALITIES NOTICED. THE DEVICE WAS PATENT AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE. ON (B)(6) 2020, AN OCCLUSION OF THE VBX DEVICE OCCURRED. THE STUDY DATABASE INDICATED A PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHT RENAL FUNCTION AND ADVANCED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. THEREFORE, NO REINTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED, AND NO HOSPITALIZATION WAS REQUIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
871545 GORE VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS ILIAC COVERED STENT, ARTERIAL PRL W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Disability ENDURANT II STENT GRAFT SYSTEM (MEDTRONIC).