FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SHOCKWAVE INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY (IVL) SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE M5+

MDR report key: 18116349 · Received November 10, 2023

Report

Report Number
3015053858-2023-00061
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 10, 2023
Date of Event
October 25, 2023
Report Date
May 19, 2025
Manufacturer
SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
PPN
UDI-DI
00195451000287
PMA / PMN Number
K203365
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NV, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DEVICE REFERENCED IN THIS REPORT WAS NOT RETURNED TO SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. FOR INVESTIGATION THEREFORE, NO INVESTIGATION CAN BE PERFORMED. BASED ON THE REPORTED EVENT, THE SHOCKWAVE M5PLUS PERIPHERAL INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY (IVL) CATHETER DID NOT MALFUNCTION. THE EMBOLISM WAS NOTED TO HAVE APPEARED AFTER 150 PULSES WERE DELIVERED IN THE RIGHT ILIAC ARTERY. A REVIEW OF THE LOT HISTORY RECORD (LHR) AND TEST DOCUMENTATION DID NOT SHOW ANY ISSUES WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF THE DEVICE. THE DEVICE PASSED ALL SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC. CRITERIA PRIOR TO BEING RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC. HAS CONTROLS IN PLACE TO ENSURE DEVICES ARE BUILT TO APPROVED PROCEDURES AND MEET LOT RELEASE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA PRIOR TO BEING DISTRIBUTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A FEMALE PATIENT IN HER 60'S, UNDERWENT A DISTAL AORTIC TOTAL OCCLUSION PROCEDURE TO TREAT THE RIGHT AND LEFT ILIAC ARTERIES USING THE SHOCKWAVE M5PLUS PERIPHERAL INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY (IVL) CATHETER. THE IVL SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED 150 PULSES IN THE LEFT ILIAC. AFTER THE IVL BALLOON DELIVERED 150 PULSES IN THE RIGHT ILIAC, A DISTAL EMBOLISM WAS OBSERVED. ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICIAN, THE EMBOLISM WAS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE OCCLUSION AND IVL BALLOON WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE EMBOLI. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY AND UNDERWENT THROMBECTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR (EVAR). POST SURGERY, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF IVL CATHETER MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
243105 SHOCKWAVE INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY (IVL) SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE M5+ INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY (IVL) CATHETER PPN SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC. 8.0X60MM 82257565 00195451000287

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Female Required Intervention| O| H