FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANGIO-SEAL

MDR report key: 118642 · Received September 8, 1997

Report

Report Number
3014398-1997-00103
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 8, 1997
Date of Event
August 1, 1997
Report Date
August 5, 1997
Manufacturer
SHERWOOD MEDICAL INDUSTRIES
Product Code
MGB
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOWING A THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE (PT VENTILATED SUFFERING SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE WHICH WAS TREATED BY A COIL), AN ANGIO-SEAL DEVICE WAS DEPLOYED AND HEMOSTASIS WAS SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED. HOWEVER, SEVERAL HRS LATER BLEEDING WAS NOTED FROM THE PT'S GROIN. THE PT LOST APPROX 2 UNITS OF BLOOD; MANUAL PRESSURE WAS HELD AND HEMOSTASIS WAS AGAIN ACHIEVED. THREE DAYS FOLLOWING THIS EVENT THE PT, WHO WAS VERY ILL, EXPIRED. THE DEATH OF THE PT WAS RELATED TO THE PT'S UNDERLYING MED CONDITION AND UNRELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE ANGIO-SEAL DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANGIO-SEAL Implant HEMOSTATIC PUNCTURE CLOSURE DEVICE MGB SHERWOOD MEDICAL INDUSTRIES NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR