FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PERCLOSE A-T SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1133111 · Received August 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953144-2008-01378
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 22, 2008
Date of Event
July 16, 2008
Report Date
July 28, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P960043
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: BREAKAGE OF DEVICE. TIME OF MALFUNCTION: DURING VESSEL CLOSURE. SYMPTOMS/AE: FAILURE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PERCLOSE AT DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, THE SHEATH OF THE DEVICE BROKE OFF IN THE PT AND WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED USING AN UNK METHOD. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADD'L INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCLOSE A-T SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY NA 65175-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention