FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EXCELSIOR SL10 MICROCATHETER

MDR report key: 1101468 · Received August 6, 2008

Report

Report Number
2939204-2008-00314
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 6, 2008
Report Date
July 11, 2008
Manufacturer
NEUROVASCULAR DIVISION, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
DQO
PMA / PMN Number
K013789
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFO REGARDING THE ALLEGED EVENT WITHOUT RESULT. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO FURTHER DETAILS TO REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS A PEER REVIEW CONFERENCE, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT HAD UNDERGONE STENT ASSISTED COIL EMBOLIZATION TO TREAT A BASILAR TIP ANEURYSM. EIGHT WEEKS POST PROCEDURE, THE PT WAS BEING TREATED FOR A REOCCURRENCE OF THE ANEURYSM. THE MICROCATHETER HAD BEEN PLACED WITHIN THE ANEURYSM WHEN DYE EXTRAVASATION WAS NOTED ON ANGIOGRAPHY, SUGGESTING THE VESSEL WAS PERFORATED. THE PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY REVERSED THE HEPARIN ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY, AND THE PT RECEIVED PLATELET THERAPY AND THE PT RECEIVED PLATELET THERAPY PRIOR TO UNDERGOING A VENTRICULOSTOMY PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EXCELSIOR SL10 MICROCATHETER (DQO) INFUSION CATHETER DQO NEUROVASCULAR DIVISION, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention STENT.| PREVIOUSLY PLACED BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROFORM 3| PREVIOUSLY PLACED COILS