FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1153265 · Received September 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953144-2008-01452
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2008
Date of Event
August 11, 2008
Report Date
August 13, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LO
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: DAMAGED SHAFT. TIME OF MALFUNCTION: DURING THE PROCEDURE. SYMPTOMS/AE: FAILURE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, AFTER COMPLETING THE THUMB ADVANCER STEP AND SPLITTING THE SHEATH, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DELIVERY TUBE WAS CUTTING BOTH THE SHEATH AND ALSO THE SHAFT OF THE DEVICE. THE DEVICE WAS SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED WITH MANUAL COMPRESSION. THERE WAS NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL INFO WAS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY NA 65033-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention