BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKNOWN

    MDR report key: 11967708 · Received June 9, 2021

    Report

    Report Number
    3002808486-2021-01306
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 9, 2021
    Report Date
    November 11, 2021
    Manufacturer
    WILLIAM COOK EUROPE
    Product Code
    DTK
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    AZ, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER
    Health Professional
    N

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED DETERMINED THAT THIS DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED BY COOK INC. WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THIS FOLLOW UP REPORT, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE INFORMS THAT THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM WILLIAM COOK EUROPE TO COOK INC. THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA UNDER 21 CFR PART 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. NEITHER THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT NOR ANY STATEMENT MADE IN IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT ANY COOK DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONED; THAT A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED; OR THAT ANY COOK DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO; OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED DETERMINED THAT THIS DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED BY COOK INC. WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THIS FOLLOW UP REPORT, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE INFORMS THAT THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM WILLIAM COOK EUROPE TO COOK INC.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    OCCUPATION: NON-HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. INVESTIGATION: THE FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED: ORGAN/VENA CAVA (VC) PERFORATION, DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. THE REPORTED ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN FURTHER INVESTIGATED BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE. FILTER INTERACTS WITH IVC WALL, E.G. PENETRATION/PERFORATION/EMBEDMENT. THIS MAY BE EITHER SYMPTOMATIC OR ASYMPTOMATIC. POTENTIAL CAUSES MAY INCLUDE IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT; AND (OR) EXCESSIVE FORCE OR MANIPULATIONS NEAR AN IN-SITU FILTER (E.G., A SURGICAL OR ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE IN THE VICINITY OF A FILTER). POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: TRAUMA TO ADJACENT STRUCTURES, VASCULAR TRAUMA, VENA CAVA PERFORATION, VENA CAVA PENETRATION. PHYSICIAN PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND PUBLISHED GUIDANCE FROM REGULATORY AGENCIES RECOMMEND THAT PATIENTS WITH INDWELLING FILTERS UNDERGO ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP. THE RISKS/BENEFITS OF FILTER RETRIEVAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR EACH PATIENT DURING FOLLOW-UP. ONCE PROTECTION FROM PE IS NO LONGER NECESSARY, FILTER RETRIEVAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. FILTER RETRIEVAL SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED WHEN FEASIBLE AND CLINICALLY INDICATED. FILTER RETRIEVAL IS A PATIENT-SPECIFIC, CLINICALLY COMPLEX DECISION; THE DECISION TO REMOVE A FILTER SHOULD BE BASED ON EACH PATIENT¿S INDIVIDUAL RISK/BENEFIT PROFILE (E.G., A PATIENT¿S CONTINUED NEED FOR PROTECTION FROM PE COMPARED TO THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH AND (OR) ONGOING RISK OF EXPERIENCING FILTER-RELATED COMPLICATIONS). FOR ALL RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS, RETRIEVAL BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WITH TIME, AND THIS IS COMMONLY DUE TO ENCAPSULATION OF THE FILTER LEGS OR HOOK (IN A TILTED FILTER) BY TISSUE INGROWTH. THE FILTER IS DESIGNED TO BE RETRIEVED WITH THE GÜNTHER TULIP VENA CAVA FILTER RETRIEVAL SET. IT MAY ALSO BE RETRIEVED WITH THE CLOVERSNARE® VASCULAR RETRIEVER. COOK HAS NOT PERFORMED TESTING TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY OR EFFECTIVENESS OF FILTER RETRIEVAL USING OTHER RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS OR TECHNIQUES. THE PUBLISHED CLINICAL LITERATURE INCLUDES DESCRIPTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR FILTER RETRIEVAL; USE OF THESE TECHNIQUES VARIES ACCORDING TO PHYSICIAN EXPERIENCE, PATIENT ANATOMY, AND FILTER POSITION. THE SAFETY OR EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE ALTERNATIVE RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. SPECIFIC FOR ¿EMBEDDED¿ A FILTER THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE WALL OF THE IVC MAY BE DIFFICULT TO RETRIEVE. FOR ALL RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS, RETRIEVAL BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WITH TIME, AND THIS IS COMMONLY DUE TO ENCAPSULATION OF THE FILTER LEGS OR HOOK (IN A TILTED FILTER) BY TISSUE INGROWTH. CATALOG NUMBER AND LOT NUMBER ARE UNKNOWN. NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS DEVICE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND NOTHING INDICATES THAT THE FILTER DID NOT PERFORM AS INTENDED, E.G. INTENDED FOR THE PREVENTION OF RECURRENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) VIA PLACEMENT IN THE VENA CAVA. COOK WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED WARRANTING SUPPLEMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 C.F.R. 803.56. THIS REPORT INCLUDES INFORMATION KNOWN AT THIS TIME. A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS ALLEGED: THE PATIENT RECEIVED A GUNTHER TULIP INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTER ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PATIENT'S FILTER PERFORATED THE IVC, ONE STRUT EXTENDED INTO THE SMALL BOWEL, A SECOND ABUTTED THE ABDOMINAL AORTA, AND A THIRD ABUTTED THE L3 VERTEBRAL BODY WITH SURROUNDING HYPERTROPHIC CHANGE. THE PATIENT ALSO UNDERWENT A COMPLEX RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, BUT NOT YET PROVIDED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    865663 UNKNOWN DTK FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR DTK WILLIAM COOK EUROPE UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Female Life Threatening