FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1864503 · Received October 6, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02425
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 6, 2010
Date of Event
July 1, 2010
Report Date
September 15, 2010
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
SZ
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 ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF A FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, SEVERAL EVENTS FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS HAVE OCCURRED WHERE THE PHYSICIANS HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN SPLITTING THE SHEATH AND DEPLOYING THE CLIP. THE DEVICES WERE REMOVED AND THE CLIP WOULD BE FOUND AT THE DISTAL END OF THE SHEATH. HEMOSTASIS IN THE EVENTS WAS ACHIEVED USING MANUAL COMPRESSION THERE WERE NO REPORTED 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