FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ANGIO-SEAL

MDR report key: 181644 · Received August 11, 1998

Report

Report Number
3032312-1998-00098
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 11, 1998
Date of Event
July 7, 1998
Report Date
July 10, 1998
Manufacturer
THE KENDALL CO.
Product Code
MGB
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 07/07/1998 FOLLOWING A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE, AN ANGIO-SEAL DEVICE WAS PLACED IN A PT'S RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY. FOLLOWING DEVICE DEPLOYMENT, OOZING WAS NOTED FROM THE PUNCTURE SITE. MANUAL PRESSURE WAS HELD WITH CONTROL OF THE BLEEDING. THE PT AMBULATED APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS LATER, AND WAS DISCHARGED TO HOME. THREE DAYS LATER (07/10/1998) THE PT RETURNED FOR A SCHEDULED FOLLOW-UP VISIT. AT THAT TIME SHE COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HER LOWER EXTREMITY. AN ULTRASOUND WAS PERFORMED WITH INCONCLUSIVE RESULTS. THE PT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND OBSERVED OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT WAS LATER DISCHARGED HOME WITHOUT SEQUELAE. ON 07/27/1998 THE PT PRESENTED TO HER PHYSICIAN WITH COMPLAINTS OF PAIN. ON 07/29/1998 AN ANGIOGRAM WAS PERFORMED WHICH IDENTIFIED A RIGHT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSION. THE RIGHT EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY AND THE RIGHT FEMORAL VASCULATURE WERE NOTED TO BE SLIGHTLY COLLAPSED DUE TO DIMINISHED BLOOD FLOW. THE PT UNDERWENT SURGICAL INTERVENTION ON 08/07/1998. THE PT REPORTEDLY TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS DISCHARGED HOME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANGIO-SEAL Implant HEMOSTATIC PUNCTURE CLOSURE DEVICE MGB THE KENDALL CO. NA 801705

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Hospitalization| R