ESSURE
Report
- Report Number
- 2951250-2021-01690
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- May 7, 2021
- Report Date
- September 8, 2021
- Manufacturer
- BAYER PHARMA AG
- Product Code
- HHS
- UDI-DI
- 10888853003051
- PMA / PMN Number
- P020014
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- NL
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A LAWYER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 945067) INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. LOT NUMBER: 945067, MANUFACTURE DATE: 2008-08, AND EXPIRATION DATE: 2010-08. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL COMPONENT BATCHES USED FOR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PRODUCT BATCH FULFILLED THE SET SPECIFICATIONS. BATCH DOCUMENTATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEVIATIONS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DESCRIBED COMPLAINT REASON. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE WAS AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 12-AUG-2021: QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 945067) INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 20-JUL-2021: A NEW REPORTER TYPE (LAWYER) AND THE ESSURE LOT NUMBER WERE RECEIVED. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 2-JUN-2021: QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WAS CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 945067) INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 20-JUL-2021: A NEW REPORTER TYPE (LAWYER) AND THE ESSURE LOT NUMBER WERE RECEIVED. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A LAWYER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF PELVIC PAIN ('PAIN SYMPTOMS') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE (BATCH NO. 945067) INSERTED FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION. THE OCCURRENCE OF ADDITIONAL NON-SERIOUS EVENTS IS DETAILED BELOW. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PELVIC PAIN (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED) AND MENSTRUAL DISORDER ("EFFECTS ON MENSTRUAL CYCLE"). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY (MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL). ESSURE WAS REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2018. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE PELVIC PAIN HAD RESOLVED WITH SEQUELAE AND THE MENSTRUAL DISORDER OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MENSTRUAL DISORDER AND PELVIC PAIN TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. THE REPORTER COMMENTED: THAT THE PATIENT DID NOT CONSENT TO CONTACT HER PHYSICIANS, AND SHE DOES NOT GIVE CONSENT TO ACCESS HER MEDICAL RECORDS. TWO DIFFERENT ESSURE INSERTION DATES WERE REPORTED: (B)(6) 2014 AND (B)(6) 2014. LOT NUMBER: 945067, MANUFACTURE DATE: 2008-08, AND EXPIRATION DATE: 2010-08. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL COMPONENT BATCHES USED FOR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PRODUCT BATCH FULFILLED THE SET SPECIFICATIONS. BATCH DOCUMENTATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEVIATIONS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DESCRIBED COMPLAINT REASON. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE WAS AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 6-SEP-2021: NEW INFORMATIONS ADDED: ESSURE´S INDICATION, NEW DATE OF ESSURE INSERTION, DATE OF ESSURE REMOVAL, NEW ADVERSE EVENTS ('PAIN SYMPTOMS' AND 'EFFECTS ON MENSTRUAL CYCLE'). THE ADVERSE EVENT 'MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL' WAS DELETED AND IT WAS ADDED AS A NON-DRUG TREATMENT RECEIVED FOR PAIN SYMPTOMS. THE OUTCOME FOR PAIN SYMPTOMS WAS ADDED. ON 7-SEP-2021: THE FOLLOW-UPS WERE PROCESSED TOGETHER. WE RECEIVED A LOT NUMBER IN THIS CASE. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING A BATCH REVIEW, AND A REVIEW OF COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA; SHOULD ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ('FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED') IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY. ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WILL BE CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 685129 | ESSURE | TRANSCERVICAL CONTRACEPTIVE TUBAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | HHS | BAYER PHARMA AG | ESS305 | 945067 | 10888853003051 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Required Intervention |