FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

POUNCE ¿ THROMBECTOMY

MDR report key: 18422665 · Received December 29, 2023

Report

Report Number
3014687026-2023-00008
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 29, 2023
Date of Event
April 30, 2023
Report Date
December 29, 2023
Manufacturer
SURMODICS INC
Product Code
QEW
PMA / PMN Number
K192814
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

H3: TO DATE, THE DEVICE HAD NOT BEEN RETURNED. IF RETURNED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS RESULTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE PATIENT PRESENTED ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH AN OCCLUSION OF LEFT POPLITEAL AND TIBIAL ARTERIES. THE DEVICE WAS ADVANCED TO THE ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY ORIGIN AND THROMBECTOMY WAS PERFORMED ON THE POPLITEAL ARTERY. THE DEVICE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE PORTIONS OF SUBACUTE THROMBUS AND A MIX OF PLAQUE AND INTIMA. ADDITIONAL PASSES WERE PERFORMED INTO THE DISTAL POSTERIOR TIBIAL AND LARGE PIECES OF THROMBOTIC MATERIAL WERE REMOVED. PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY (PTA) WAS PERFORMED ON THE POSTERIOR TIBIAL AND FLOW WAS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY. DURING THE FINAL PASS OF DEVICE(APPROXIMATELY 6 OR 7 PASSES TOTAL), THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT RESISTANCE AND DIFFICULTY PULLING THE SYSTEM INTO THE SHEATH. SUBSEQUENT ANGIOGRAMS SHOWED POOR FLOW THROUGH THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY (SFA). A DISSECTION WAS IDENTIFIED AND STENTED USING 5X100 BARE METAL STENT AND POST DILATED TO 4MM. PLAN OLD BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY (POBA) WAS PERFORMED USING A 3MM BALLOON TO THE TIBIAL-FIBULAR TRUNK (TPT) AND A 4MM BALLOON TO THE POPLITEAL. THERE WAS SLUGGISH FLOW THROUGH THE SEGMENT, BUT IT WAS PATENT. THERE WAS FAINT SIGNAL IN THE POSTERIOR TIBIAL (PT) ARTERY. NO FURTHER TREATMENT WAS PERFORMED AND THE OPERATOR NOTED A HIGH RISK FOR REOCCLUSION. THE PATIENT THEN PRESENTED ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH RECURRENT THROMBOSIS OF THE LEFT SFA, POPLITEAL, TPT, AND PT. AN OPEN THROMBECTOMY WAS PERFORMED. THE ISSUE RESULTED IN A SURGICAL BYPASS OF THE LEFT FEMORAL ARTERY TO THE TIBIAL ARTERY. FLOW WAS SUCCESSFULLY RE-ESTABLISHED. THE SITE ATTRIBUTED THE REPORTED ISSUE RELATED TO THE STUDY DEVICE AND PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT RECOVERED WITHOUT SEQUELA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2240685 POUNCE ¿ THROMBECTOMY Peripheral mechanical thrombectomy with aspiration QEW SURMODICS INC PTS-0607-7F135 FG220016

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Unknown Required Intervention| O