FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1051046 · Received May 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953144-2008-00933
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 22, 2008
Date of Event
April 29, 2008
Report Date
April 29, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED; HOWEVER, UNUSED REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES ARE BEING RETURNED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THIS LOT DID NOT PRODUCE ANY FINDINGS RELEVANT TO THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: VESSEL LOCATOR WINGS PREMATURELY COLLAPSED. TIME OF DEVICE MALFUNCTION: DURING VESSEL CLOSURE. SYMPTOMS/AE: FAILURE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY,THE VESSEL LOCATOR WINGS COLLAPSED AND THE CLIP COULD NOT BE DEPLOYED. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND THE CLIP WAS FOUND TO HAVE NOT DEPLOYED. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED USING MANUAL COMPRESSION. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. NO ADDITIONAL INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STARCLOSE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY NA 61148-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention