FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CELECT PLATINUM IVC FILTER

MDR report key: 11010404 · Received December 11, 2020

Report

Report Number
MW5098337
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 11, 2020
Date of Event
December 9, 2020
Report Date
December 9, 2020
Manufacturer
COOK MEDICAL LLC
Product Code
DTK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CELECT PLATINUM IVCF AFTER 2 FAILED ATTEMPTS AT RETRIEVAL DUE TO TIP EMBEDDING REFERRED FOR FORCEPS RETRIEVAL. ON PRIOR ATTEMPT, 2 OF THE "ARMS" OF THE FILTER HAD BEEN DISTORTED BY THE OPERATOR AND PULLED UPWARD. ONE MONTH LATER, WHEN THE PATIENT WAS BEING IMAGED JUST PRIOR TO FILTER REMOVAL, ONE OF THE "ARMS" WAS NOTED TO HAVE FRACTURED AND MIGRATED TO THE LEFT PULMONARY ARTERY. THE FILTER WAS REMOVED WITH FORCEPS AND THE FRAGMENT WAS ALSO REMOVED. OF NOTE, THE FRACTURE AND EMBOLIZATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE PRIOR MANIPULATION, HOWEVER THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE TIP NOT BEEN SEVERELY EMBEDDED. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID# (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1459404 CELECT PLATINUM IVC FILTER FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR DTK COOK MEDICAL LLC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Life Threatening| R