FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MATRIX STRETCH RESISTANT DETACHABLE COIL

MDR report key: 1691475 · Received May 17, 2010

Report

Report Number
2939204-2010-00211
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 17, 2010
Date of Event
October 22, 2005
Report Date
October 22, 2005
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
HCG
PMA / PMN Number
K031168
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ES
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: FOR ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION. THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE DEVICE WAS NOT USED AS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LABELING OR THAT THIS CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THROMBOSIS, STROKE AND DEATH ARE KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATIONS TO THESE TYPES OF PROCEDURES AND ARE NOTED IN THE LABELING. THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AN ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ANGIOGRAPHY REVEALED THE PATIENT HAD TWO BILOBATE ANEURYSMS, ONE IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY (ACA) AND ONE IN THE RIGHT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (MCA). FOUR COILS, INCLUDING TWO NON-BOSTON SCIENTIFIC COILS, WERE SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED INTO THE LEFT ACA ANEURYSM. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE COIL DETACHMENT IN THE RIGHT MCA ANEURYSM, THE PATIENT SUFFERED AN EMBOLISM WITH SUBSEQUENT ISCHEMIA. IMMEDIATELY POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT¿S CONDITION WORSENED RELATED TO THE EMBOLIC ISCHEMIA. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED; CAUSE AND DATE OF DEATH WERE NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MATRIX STRETCH RESISTANT DETACHABLE COIL DEVICE, NEUROVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION HCG BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M003397256SR0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Death ONE NTX COIL| ONE TRUFILL DCS ORBIT COIL| TWO MATRIX COILS (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)