FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROSTAR XL SUTURE-MEDIATED CLOSURE

MDR report key: 1748936 · Received July 6, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-01268
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 6, 2010
Date of Event
June 11, 2010
Report Date
June 11, 2010
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P960043
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4). (B) (4). DEVICE #1: PART #12322-01, LOT# 87012-6H INDICATED IS BEING FILED UNDER A SEPARATE MEDWATCH MFR NUMBER. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. THE LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THIS LOT DID NOT PRODUCE ANY FINDINGS RELEVANT TO THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE #2 ISSUE: FAILURE TO DEPLOY-NEEDLE. TIME OF DEVICE ISSUE: DURING VESSEL CLOSURE. ADVERSE EVENT: FAILURE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PROSTAR XL DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF A HEAVILY TORTUOUS LEFT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, DURING NEEDLE DEPLOYMENT, ONE OF THE FOUR NEEDLES DID NOT EMERGE AT THE TOP OF THE BARREL. THE NEEDLES WERE BACKED DOWN AND THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED OVER A GUIDE WIRE. A SECOND PROSTAR XL DEVICE WAS ATTEMPTED WITH THE SAME RESULTS. A THIRD PROSTAR XL DEVICE WAS USED TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADD'L INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROSTAR XL SUTURE-MEDIATED CLOSURE MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY NA 87012-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Required Intervention DEVICE #1, PROSTAR, PART #12322-01, LOT# 87012-6H