FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WATCHMAN FLX LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 14473802 · Received May 23, 2022

Report

Report Number
2134265-2022-05779
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 23, 2022
Date of Event
May 13, 2022
Report Date
May 23, 2022
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NGV
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A DEVICE MOVEMENT AND DEVICE LEAK OCCURRED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED USING A WATCHMAN FLX LAA CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM (WDS). THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED. ON (B)(6) 2022, 158 DAYS POST PROCEDURE, DURING A ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP EXAMINATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE CLOSURE DEVICE HAD SHIFTED TO A PROXIMAL POSITION WITHIN THE LAA. DUE TO THE DEVICE SHIFT A DEVICE LEAK DEVELOPED. NO INTERVENTIONS WERE PERFORMED AND THE PATIENT IS STABLE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
582539 WATCHMAN FLX LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM SYSTEM, APPENDAGE CLOSURE, LEFT ATRIAL NGV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Other