FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AMPLATZER AMULET DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 11385475 · Received February 26, 2021

Report

Report Number
2135147-2021-00057
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 26, 2021
Date of Event
February 5, 2021
Report Date
February 26, 2021
Manufacturer
ABBOTT MEDICAL
Product Code
MLV
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AN EVENT OF THROMBUS FORMATION IN A PATIENT WITH A MEDICAL HISTORY INCLUDING GENETIC THROMBOPHILIA WAS REPORTED. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT EACH MANUFACTURING AND INSPECTION OPERATION WAS PERFORMED AND THE PRODUCT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS. BASED ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED INCIDENT COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2021, A 22MM AMPLATZER AMULET LEFT ATRIAL APPRENDAGE OCCLUDER WAS SELECTED FOR IMPLANT USING A 12F AMPLATZER AMULET DELIVERY SYSTEM IN A PATIENT WITH A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF GENETIC THROMBOPHILIA. DURING THE PROCEDURE, A THROMBUS DEVELOPED ON THE SHEATH IN THE LEFT ATRIUM. THE OCCLUDER WAS RETRACTED AND THE THROMBUS WAS ASPIRATED. ULTIMATELY, A DEVICE WAS NOT IMPLANTED. THE USER ATTRIBUTED THE THROMBUS FORMATION TO THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. THE PATIENT WAS HEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ASSESSMENT OF THE DEVICE PLACEMENT AND STABILITY WAS PROLONGED. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
284647 AMPLATZER AMULET DELIVERY SYSTEM MLV ABBOTT MEDICAL DS-TV45X45-12F-080 7105139

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 78 YR Hospitalization| R