FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1812234 · Received August 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-01656
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 16, 2010
Date of Event
July 5, 2010
Report Date
July 22, 2010
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE ISSUE: DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. TIME OF DEVICE ISSUE: DURING VESSEL CLOSURE. ADVERSE EVENT: NONE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE ACHIEVED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, AFTER CLIP DEPLOYMENT, THE STARCLOSE SE WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE ANATOMY. THE DILATOR WAS INSERTED INTO THE ACCESS PORTS, RELEASING THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE THUMB ADVANCER, RESULTING IN THE LOCATOR WINGS FULLY COLLAPSING AND THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM THE PT'S ANATOMY. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED WITH THE STARCLOSE SE CLIP. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL 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 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1