FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MATRIX STRETCH RESISTANT (SR) COILS

MDR report key: 1692327 · Received May 18, 2010

Report

Report Number
2939204-2010-00227
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 18, 2010
Date of Event
January 31, 2006
Report Date
January 31, 2006
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
HCG
PMA / PMN Number
K050700
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 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

THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE SUCCESSFUL COIL EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURE OF THE RIGHT POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY (PCOM) ANEURYSM. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLICATED BY AN EMBOLISM. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE THE PATIENT WAS STABLE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT¿S CONDITION HAD WORSENED AND THE PATIENT EXPIRED, NO DATE WAS PROVIDED FOR THE CHANGE IN THE PATIENT¿S CONDITION. THE DATE AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH ARE UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MATRIX STRETCH RESISTANT (SR) COILS DEVICE, NEUROVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION HCG BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M003492720SR0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 37 YR Death| O TWO MATRIX COILS (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)| EXCELSIOR 10 CATHETER (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)