BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    LAP-BAND AP ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM (SMALL)

    MDR report key: 1081179 · Received July 23, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    2024601-2008-00388
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    July 23, 2008
    Date of Event
    June 26, 2008
    Report Date
    June 26, 2008
    Manufacturer
    COSTA RICA
    Product Code
    LTI
    PMA / PMN Number
    P000008
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CA
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    TAPER II. THE PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT HAS NOT YET BEEN RETURNED. BASED UPON THE SERIAL NUMBER PROVIDED BY THE REPORTER, THE CONNECTOR TYPE IS ASSUMED TO BE A TAPER II. THE REPORTER TO THE EVENT WAS ASKED TO RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR ANALYSIS. VISUAL EXAMINATION MAY CONFIRM OR DETERMINE ANOTHER CONNECTOR TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT. ALLERGAN HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PRODUCT AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO ANALYSIS OR TESTING HAS BEEN DONE. INFECTION IS A SURGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPLICATION, AND ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE GENERALLY DOES NOT ASSIST ALLERGAN IN DETERMINING A PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT. FURTHER INFO FROM THE REPORTER REGARDING THE IMPLANT DATE HAS BEEN REQUESTED. DEVICE LABELING ADDRESSES THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF AN INFECTION AS FOLLOWS: "INFECTION CAN OCCUR IN THE IMMEDIATE POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD OR YEARS AFTER INSERTION OF THE DEVICE. IN THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION OR CONTAMINATION, REMOVAL OF THE DEVICE IS INDICATED."

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    REPORTED AS: "LAPBAND INFECTION." FOLLOW-UP WITH THE PHYSICIAN IN PROGRESS.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 LAP-BAND AP ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM (SMALL) DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF MORBID OBESITY LTI COSTA RICA NA 1470870

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NI Required Intervention