FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

XACT CAROTID STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1065792 · Received June 23, 2008

Report

Report Number
9616695-2008-00093
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 23, 2008
Date of Event
June 1, 2008
Report Date
May 29, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR GALWAY
Product Code
NIM
PMA / PMN Number
P040038
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORT INVOLVES A STUDY NOTED IN AN ARTICLE. THE DEVICE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. THE PART AND LOT NUMBER WERE NOT IDENTIFIED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. ATTACHMENT: ADRIAN JAMES LING, MBBS, ET AL; "STENTING FOR CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS: FRACTURES, PROPOSED ETIOLOGY AND THE NEED FOR SURVEILLANCE" JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY 2008;;47:1220-1226.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: STENT FRACTURE. SYMPTOMS/AE: NONE. TIME OF MALFUNCTION: AFTER THE PROCEDURE. THE FOLLOWING EVENT WAS NOTED THROUGH A PERIODIC ARTICLE REVIEW. A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE NEED OF SURVEILLANCE FOR STENT FRACTURES AFTER CAROTID ARTERY STENTING. A PT UNDERWENT CAROTID ARTERY STENTING AND DURING RADIOGRAPHIC F/U AT APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS POST-IMPLANT, A TYPE III FRACTURE TRANSVERSE LINEAR FRACTURE WITHOUT STENT DISPLACEMENT WAS DETECTED. LOCAL CALCIFICATION IN THE REGION OF THE STENT WAS NOTED. NO TREATMENT OR INTERVENTION WAS DESCRIBED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 XACT CAROTID STENT SYSTEM NIM ABBOTT VASCULAR GALWAY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR (4) CORDIS PRECISE| (2) MEDTRONIC EXPONENT| FRACTURED STENTS: (8) ABBOTT XACT