FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1151436 · Received September 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
2017233-2008-00575
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2008
Date of Event
July 7, 2008
Report Date
September 7, 2008
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
MIH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MFG PAPERWORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. THE REVIEW OF THE MFG PAPERWORK VERIFIED THAT THIS LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2008, THIS PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS IN THE DISTAL AORTIC ARCH INTENTIONALLY COVERING THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY AND LEFT CAROTID ARTERY. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PT DEVELOPED MULTIPLE CEREBELLAR INFARCTION, MINOR DISTURBANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, AND AGNOSIS. THE PT HAS BEEN DISCHARGED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT SYSTEM MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. WLG326 05861493

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR Other