FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1850775 · Received September 28, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02060
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 28, 2010
Date of Event
September 3, 2010
Report Date
September 3, 2010
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P960043
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN NOT TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PERCLOSE PROGLIDE DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF A COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, WHEN THE PLUNGER WAS COMPLETELY PUSHED DOWN, IT FELT AS IF IT WAS NOT CORRECTLY ENGAGED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE PLUNGER, THE SUTURE WAS NOT ATTACHED. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ANATOMY AND THE SUTURE WAS FOUND TO HAVE HAD PASSED THROUGH THE ARTERY, BUT THE KNOT WAS INCOMPLETE. AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS BY MANUALLY TYING A SLIPKNOT. A CUT DOWN WAS PERFORMED TO CLOSE THE ARTERY. NO ADVERSE PT SEQUELA WAS REPORTED. NO ADDITIONAL 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-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS NA 910096H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Required Intervention