FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SMART COIL

MDR report key: 12483001 · Received September 16, 2021

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2021-02064
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 16, 2021
Date of Event
August 1, 2015
Report Date
September 16, 2021
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
HCG
PMA / PMN Number
K160832
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY DEVICE MALFUNCTION, NONCONFORMANCE, OR MISUSE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS IN THE LABELING WITH THE PENUMBRA SMART COIL SYSTEM INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THROMBOEMBOLIC EPISODES, INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, EMBOLIC STROKE AND OTHER CEREBRAL ISCHEMIC EVENTS, ANEURYSM RUPTURE, ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA, INCLUDING DEATH. THE PRODUCT LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED, THEREFORE, THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED.

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, "EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH THE PENUMBRA SMART COIL IN THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS: SAFETY AND EFFICACY" (STAPLETON ET AL. 2016). IN THIS SINGLE-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW, SEVENTEEN PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH PENUMBRA SMART COILS (SMART COILS) BETWEEN AUGUST 2015 AND JANUARY 2016. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONE PATIENT WITH A HIGH-GRADE SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE (SAH) SUFFERED A THROMBOEMBOLIC COMPLICATION OF UNCLEAR CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. 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
1377657 PENUMBRA SMART COIL HCG, KRD HCG PENUMBRA, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other