FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MATRIX STRETCH RESISTANT (SR) COILS

MDR report key: 1694047 · Received May 19, 2010

Report

Report Number
2939204-2010-00465
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 19, 2010
Date of Event
February 1, 2006
Report Date
February 1, 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

ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION. THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED SO WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY DEVICE MALFUNCTION, NONCONFORMANCE OR MISUSE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. ISCHEMIA AND DEATH ARE KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATIONS TO THESE TYPES OF PROCEDURES AND IS LISTED AS SUCH IN THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE. THEREFORE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AN ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE COIL EMBOLIZATION OF THE ANEURYSM. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PATIENT WAS STABLE BUT IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED AN ISCHEMIC EVENT AS A CLINICAL COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCEDURE. TWENTY DAYS POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT DIED. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS RELATED TO ROSTROCAUDAL DETIORATION. NO OTHER 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 M003490308SR0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Death| O EXCELSIOR MICROCATHETER (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)