FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1800544 · Received August 12, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-01590
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 12, 2010
Date of Event
July 19, 2010
Report Date
July 19, 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
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE ISSUE: DIFFICULT TO DEPLOY-THUMB ADVANCER, DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, CLIP MISLOCATION. 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 RIGHT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, ALTHOUGH DIFFICULTY WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING THUMB ADVANCER DEPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE SHEATH SPLITTING WAS COMPLETED. AFTER CLIP DEPLOYMENT, THE DEVICE WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. A DILATOR WAS INSERTED INTO THE ACCESS PORTS AND THE SAFETY RELEASE WAS PUSHED, WHICH ALLOWED THE DEVICE TO BE REMOVED. AFTER THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED, THE CLIP WAS OBSERVED TO BE DEPLOYED ON THE DISTAL END OF THE CLIP DELIVERY TUBESET. MANUAL COMPRESSION WAS APPLIED TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 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 89005-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Required Intervention GUIDE WIRE: IRON MAN| GUIDE CATH: LIMA| STENT: HERCULINK ELITE