FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1151306 · Received September 4, 2008

Report

Report Number
2134265-2008-02519
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 4, 2008
Report Date
August 6, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NIQ
PMA / PMN Number
P030025
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE ANALYSIS: THE DELIVERY DEVICE WAS DISPOSED AND THE STENT REMAINED IN THE PT. BECAUSE THE BATCH NUMBER FOR THIS COMPLAINT IS UNK, THE SHOP FLOOR PAPERWORK COULD NOT BE EXAMINED. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE ASSIGNED THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE CLASSIFICATION OF ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION AS THE DEVICE RELATED ROOT CAUSE DOES NOT APPLY AND THE COMPLAINT IS DUE TO A KNOWN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE PROCEDURE NOTED WITHIN THE DFU, AND/OR DEVICE LABELING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST A CORONARY DRUG ELUTING STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, STENT RESTENOSIS OCCURRED. THE PHYSICIAN IMPLANTED AN UNK SIZE TAXUS EXPRESS2 DRUG ELUTING STENT IN AN UNK LOCATION. OVER THREE YEARS LATER, THE PT PRESENTED WITH A 90% STENOSIS AND REQUIRES ANOTHER STENT FOR TREATMENT. FURTHER INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM NIQ STENT, CORONARY, DRUG-ELUTING NIQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention