FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1851529 · Received September 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02078
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 29, 2010
Date of Event
October 17, 2008
Report Date
October 21, 2008
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
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL OF THE RETURNED DEVICE FOUND IT WAS FULLY CLIP DEPLOYED. ALL COMPONENTS, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL, WERE IN THEIR PROPER POST CLIP DEPLOYED POSITIONS AND THERE WAS NO DETECTED DAMAGE OR ANOMALY. THE DEVICE WAS TESTED WITH COMPLETE DEPLOYMENT FUNCTIONS OCCURRING WITHOUT ANY DETECTED ABNORMALITIES. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION FINDINGS, THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. NO MFG OR QUALITY INSPECTION ISSUES WERE DETECTED. 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 THE TECHNICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE ACHIEVED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, AFTER DEPLOYMENT OF THE CLIP, THE PLUNGER WAS DIFFICULT TO RETRACT. THE DEPLOYMENT BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED HARD RESULTING IN THE PLUNGER RELEASING AND THE VESSEL LOCATOR RETRACTING. 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 64187-6H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention