FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1772244 · Received July 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-01453
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2010
Date of Event
June 29, 2010
Report Date
June 30, 2010
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4). THE DEVICE WAS REC'D. INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE ISSUE: DIFFICULT TO DEPLOY-THUMB ADVANCER, FAILURE TO DEPLOY - CLIP, DEVICE DID NOT OPERATE AS EXPECTED-EXCHANGE SHEATH SPLITTING. 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 STARCLOSE SE DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, ALTHOUGH RESISTANCE WAS MET, THUMB ADVANCER DEPLOYMENT WAS COMPLETED. DURING CLIP DEPLOYMENT, IT COULD NOT BE DEPLOYED. WHEN THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE EXCHANGE SHEATH WAS NOT COMPLETELY SPLIT AND "PART OF PLASTIC WAS LYING IN THE AREA OF THE VESSEL LOCATOR WINGS." MANUAL COMPRESSION WAS APPLIED TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. NO ADD'L INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY NA 88040-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention HEPARIN