FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1830850 · Received September 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-01884
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 8, 2010
Date of Event
August 12, 2010
Report Date
August 17, 2010
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P960043
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR EVAL. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED. PERCLOSE PROGLIDE DEVICE NUMBERS 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8, PART# 12673-03, LOT# UNK, INDICATED ARE BEING FILED UNDER A SEPARATE MEDWATCH MFR NUMBER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PERCLOSE PROGLIDE DEVICE ATTEMPTED BILATERAL ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, USING A "PRECLOSE" TECHNIQUE OF HEAVILY CALCIFIED AND FIBROUS LEFT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY, A NEEDLE-TO-CUFF MISS OCCURRED. WHEN THE NEEDLE PLUNGER WAS REMOVED, NO SUTURE WAS PRESENT ON THE NEEDLES. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND A SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH PROGLIDE DEVICE WERE ATTEMPTED BUT ALSO RESULTED IN NEEDLE-TO-CUFF MISS. A FIFTH PROGLIDE WAS USED TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. REPORTEDLY, USING A "PRECLOSE" TECHNIQUE OF HEAVILY CALCIFIED AND FIBROUS RIGHT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY, A NEEDLE-TO-CUFF MISS OCCURRED. WHEN THE NEEDLE PLUNGER WAS REMOVED, NO SUTURE WAS PRESENT ON THE NEEDLES. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND A SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH PROGLIDE DEVICE WERE ATTEMPTED BUT ALSO RESULTED IN A NEEDLE-TO-CUFF MISS. A FIFTH PROGLIDE DEVICE WAS USED TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. NO ADD'L INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Required Intervention PERCLOSE PROGLIDE DEVICE NUMBERS| 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8, PART# 12673-03, LOT# UNK