ESSURE
Report
- Report Number
- 2951250-2021-00797
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- March 15, 2021
- Report Date
- February 14, 2022
- Manufacturer
- BAYER PHARMA AG
- Product Code
- HHS
- UDI-DI
- 10888853003051
- PMA / PMN Number
- P020014
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- NL
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
- Health Professional
- N
Narratives
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER VIA A LAWYER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF PELVIC PAIN ('PAIN') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 915889) INSERTED. THE OCCURRENCE OF ADDITIONAL NON-SERIOUS EVENTS IS DETAILED BELOW. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PELVIC PAIN (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED), GENITAL HAEMORRHAGE ("ABNORMAL BLEEDING"), MENSTRUAL DISORDER ("CHANGES IN THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE"), FEELING ABNORMAL ("BRAIN FOG "), AMNESIA ("MEMORY LOSS") AND FATIGUE ("FATIGUE") AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE HORMONE LEVEL ABNORMAL ("HORMONAL PROBLEMS "). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE PELVIC PAIN OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED AMNESIA, FATIGUE, FEELING ABNORMAL, GENITAL HAEMORRHAGE, HORMONE LEVEL ABNORMAL, MENSTRUAL DISORDER AND PELVIC PAIN TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. LOT NUMBER: 915889. MANUFACTURE DATE: 2011-10. EXPIRATION DATE: 2014-10. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL COMPONENT BATCHES USED FOR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PRODUCT BATCH FULFILLED THE SET SPECIFICATIONS. BATCH DOCUMENTATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEVIATIONS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DESCRIBED COMPLAINT REASON. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE WAS AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 27-JAN-2022: FOLLOW UP WAS RECEIVED VIA LAWYER: EVENTS (PREVIOUS EVENT: MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL) WERE SPECIFIED: PAIN, ABNORMAL BLEEDING, CHANGES IN THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, BRAIN FOG AND MEMORY LOSS, HORMONAL PROBLEMS AND FATIGUE WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER VIA LAWYER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF PELVIC PAIN ('PAIN') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 915889) INSERTED. THE OCCURRENCE OF ADDITIONAL NON-SERIOUS EVENTS IS DETAILED BELOW. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PELVIC PAIN (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED), GENITAL HAEMORRHAGE ("ABNORMAL BLEEDING"), MENSTRUAL DISORDER ("CHANGES IN THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE"), FEELING ABNORMAL ("BRAIN FOG "), AMNESIA ("MEMORY LOSS") AND FATIGUE ("FATIGUE") AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE HORMONE LEVEL ABNORMAL ("HORMONAL PROBLEMS "). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE PELVIC PAIN OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED AMNESIA, FATIGUE, FEELING ABNORMAL, GENITAL HAEMORRHAGE, HORMONE LEVEL ABNORMAL, MENSTRUAL DISORDER AND PELVIC PAIN TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. LOT NUMBER: 915889, MANUFACTURE DATE: 2011-10, AND EXPIRATION DATE: 2014-10. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL COMPONENT BATCHES USED FOR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PRODUCT BATCH FULFILLED THE SET SPECIFICATIONS. BATCH DOCUMENTATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEVIATIONS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DESCRIBED COMPLAINT REASON. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE WAS AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 14-FEB-2022: QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 915889) INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. LOT NUMBER: 91588. MANUFACTURE DATE: 2011-10. EXPIRATION DATE: 2014-10. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL COMPONENT BATCHES USED FOR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PRODUCT BATCH FULFILLED THE SET SPECIFICATIONS. BATCH DOCUMENTATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEVIATIONS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DESCRIBED COMPLAINT REASON. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE WAS AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 7-AUG-2021: QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 915889) INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 20-JUL-2021: REPORTER AND LOT NUMBER ADDED. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER, AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED'). IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED, AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 23-MAR-2021, QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION. A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WAS CONDUCTED. ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WILL BE CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 382226 | ESSURE | TRANSCERVICAL CONTRACEPTIVE TUBAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | HHS | BAYER PHARMA AG | ESS305 | 915889 | 10888853003051 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Female | Required Intervention| O |