FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1260051 · Received December 10, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953144-2008-01995
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 10, 2008
Date of Event
October 28, 2008
Report Date
October 29, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Removal / Correction Number
NA`
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT IDENTIFIED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: UNABLE TO ATTACH SHEATH TO CLIP APPLIER. TIME OF MALFUNCTION: DURING DEVICE INSERTION. SYMPTOMS/AE: FAILURE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF AN UNSPECIFIED VESSEL AFTER AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, WHEN ATTACHING THE CLIP APPLIER TO THE SHEATH, THEY DID NOT CLICK TOGETHER. THE DEVICE AND SHEATH WERE REMOVED. A SECOND SHEATH AND STARCLOSE. SE WERE USED TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, ADDITIONAL INFO WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention