FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TALENT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1170251 · Received September 11, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953200-2008-00789
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 11, 2008
Date of Event
August 13, 2008
Report Date
August 13, 2008
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARIDOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070027
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION CODES, RESULT AND CONCLUSIONS: (DEVICE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION), OTHER (TAPERED TIP/DELIVERY CATHETER), (SEVERELY TORTUOUS ILIAC ARTERY).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. ANEURYSM MORPHOLOGY WAS NOT REPORTED. VESSEL MORPHOLOGY WAS SEVERELY TORTUOUS ILIAC ARTERY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE STENT GRAFT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED HOWEVER UPON REMOVAL OF THE DELIVERY CATHETER THE BULLET GOT CAUGHT IN THE LAST STENT RING OF THE STENT GRAFT. THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE DEVICE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PT. BY INFLATING A BALLOON, TWISTING AND PUSHING A FEW TIMES AND THE DEVICE WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED BACK INTO THE DELIVERY CATHETER AND REMOVED FROM THE PT. NO INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED AND THE PT WAS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARIDOVASCULAR NA V00101217

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK