FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROSTAR XL SUTURE-MEDIATED CLOSURE

MDR report key: 1851225 · Received September 30, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02350
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 30, 2010
Date of Event
June 30, 2010
Report Date
July 1, 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
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED WITH A NORMAL APPEARING SHEATH. DURING TESTING, A GUIDE WIRE WAS BACK LOADED AND FRONT LOADED WITHOUT A PROBLEM. BASED ON THE FINDINGS, THE DEVICE PERFORMED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATION. A ROOT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED EXPERIENCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. NO MANUFACTURING OR QUALITY ISSUES WERE DETECTED. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THIS LOT DID NOT PRODUCE ANY FINDINGS RELEVANT TO THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PROSTAR XL DEVICE ACHIEVED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF AN UNSPECIFIED VESSEL AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, ALTHOUGH, RESISTANCE WAS FELT AS THE DEVICE WAS BACK LOADED ONTO THE GUIDE WIRE; THE DEVICE WAS SUCCESSFULLY BACK LOADED AND WAS PLACED IN THE VESSEL. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED WITH THE PROSTAR XL SUTURE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROSTAR XL SUTURE-MEDIATED CLOSURE MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS NA 088010-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention