FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VERIFLEX (LIBERTE) CORONARY STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1770049 · Received July 25, 2010

Report

Report Number
2134265-2009-07315
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 25, 2010
Date of Event
September 15, 2006
Report Date
September 15, 2006
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC IRELAND LTD.
Product Code
MAF
PMA / PMN Number
P040016
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
HU
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE BATCH NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THEREFORE A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTATION COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE IS ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION AS THIS EVENT IS A KNOWN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE PROCEDURE AND IS NOTED IN THE DIRECTION FOR USE (DFU). (B)(4). DEVICE NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A CORONARY ARTERY STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE THROMBUS OCCURRED. TARGET LESION 1 WAS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY (RCA) AND HAD A REFERENCE VESSEL DIAMETER OF 3.2MM. THE LESION LENGTH WAS 40MM WITH 60% STENOSIS. DIRECT STENTING WAS NOT ATTEMPTED AND A NON-BSC BALLOON WAS USED. A 3.5X32MM LIBERTE STENT WAS IMPLANTED. AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED OF THE IMPLANT OF A SECOND LIBERTE STENT TO COVER THE ENTIRE LESION LENGTH AND DUE TO THROMBUS. THE PROCEDURE WAS TECHNICALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH A RESIDUAL STENOSIS OF 0%. TARGET LESION 2 WAS LOCATED IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING (LAD) ARTERY AND HAD A REFERENCE VESSEL DIAMETER OF 2.0MM. THE LESION LENGTH WAS 16MM WITH 73% STENOSIS. A LIBERTE 3.5X20MM WAS IMPLANTED. THE PROCEDURE WAS TECHNICALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH A RESIDUAL STENOSIS OF 20%. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED THREE DAYS AFTER THE INDEX PROCEDURE WITHOUT ANGINA OR SILENT ISCHEMIA. DISCHARGE MEDICATIONS WERE ASPIRIN 100MG AND CLOPIDOGREL 75MG DAILY FOR TWELVE MONTHS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VERIFLEX (LIBERTE) CORONARY STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM STENT, CORONARY MAF BOSTON SCIENTIFIC IRELAND LTD.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Required Intervention SPRINTER BALLOON CATHETER