FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1851386 · Received September 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02198
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 29, 2010
Date of Event
June 22, 2009
Report Date
June 24, 2009
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT IDENTIFIED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A NURSE TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE, ACHIEVED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, AFTER DEPLOYING THE CLIP, THE DEVICE WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, A DILATOR WAS INSERTED INTO THE ACCESS PORTS AND THE THUMB ADVANCER WAS PROXIMALLY RETRACTED, WHICH RELEASED THE DEVICE FROM THE TISSUE TRACT. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED WITH THE STARCLOSE SE CLIP. THERE WAS NO REPORT ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention