FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SYSTEM JET7 REPERFUSION CATHETER

MDR report key: 11773787 · Received May 4, 2021

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2021-00959
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 4, 2021
Date of Event
September 1, 2018
Report Date
April 7, 2021
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
NRY
PMA / PMN Number
K173761
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. WITHOUT THE RETURN OF THE DEVICE, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE PRODUCT LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED, THEREFORE, THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. THIS REPORT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MFR REPORT NUMBER: 3005168196-2021-00958.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING ITS POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES ON (B)(6) 2021, PENUMBRA INC. BECAME AWARE OF A JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLED, " (B)(6). THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES A TOTAL OF ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURES PERFORMED BETWEEN (B)(6) 2018 AND (B)(6) 2019 EXTRACTED FROM A PROSPECTIVELY MAINTAINED DATABASE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM JET 7 REPERFUSION CATHETER (JET7) WAS USED IN NINE PROCEDURES TO COMPLETE THE FIRST PASS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE JET7 WOULD NOT TRACK AROUND THE CAROTID SIPHON IN TWO CASES. THEREFORE, AN ALTERNATIVE ASPIRATION CATHETER WAS USED TO TRACK TO THE CLOT IN THESE TWO CASES, RESPECTIVELY. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE, NOR TO MATCH THE EVENTS REPORTED WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED COMPLAINTS. THEREFORE, THIS REPORT ADDRESSES ALL MALFUNCTIONS AND/OR ADVERSE EVENTS WITHIN THIS LITERATURE SOURCE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
667921 PENUMBRA SYSTEM JET7 REPERFUSION CATHETER NRY NRY PENUMBRA, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1