FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAXUS LIBERTE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1812654 · Received August 24, 2010

Report

Report Number
2134265-2010-03672
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 24, 2010
Date of Event
June 20, 2010
Report Date
July 27, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE
Product Code
NIQ
PMA / PMN Number
P060008
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DESCRIBE EVENT OR PROBLEM UPDATED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE IS COMBINATION PRODUCT. IT IS INDICATED THAT 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 AND THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED. (B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SAME PATIENT AS: 2134265-2010-03673, 2134265-2010-03599, 2134265-2010-03674, 2134265-2010-03675. IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST A DRUG ELUTING STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, PATIENT COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED. IN (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT HAD TWO UNSPECIFIED TAXUS STENTS IMPLANTED AND THREE DAYS LATER HAD THREE MORE UNSPECIFIED TAXUS STENTS IMPLANTED. SINCE THE PROCEDURES THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN AND FEVER. IN ADDITION THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 8 DAYS AFTER THE PROCEDURES, PLATELET COUNTS ARE 'DOWN TO 84' AND A CT SCAN REVEALED MULTIPLE PULMONARY EMBOLI. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS A DUPLICATE TO MFR#: 2134265-2010-03388.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TAXUS LIBERTE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM CORONARY DRUG-ELUTING STENT NIQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE UNK433

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Hospitalization| O