FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1851417 · Received September 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02170
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 29, 2010
Date of Event
May 11, 2009
Report Date
May 27, 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
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE ACHIEVED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN UNSPECIFIED 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 DEVICE WAS REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY FROM THE PT ANATOMY. THE THUMB ADVANCER WAS PROXIMALLY RETRACTED, WHICH RELEASED THE DEVICE FROM THE TISSUE TRACT. HEMOSTASIS WAS ACHIEVED WITH THE CLIP. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PT EFFECTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL INFO WAS AVAILABLE.

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