FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WATCHMAN FLX LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 18867719 · Received March 8, 2024

Report

Report Number
2124215-2024-13358
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 8, 2024
Date of Event
July 13, 2023
Report Date
March 8, 2024
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NGV
UDI-DI
08714729860525
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CLOSURE DEVICE DID NOT SEAL. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED, AND A 35MM WATCHMAN FLX LAA CLOSURE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED. AT THE ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT, A LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED VIA COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT). THE LEAK APPEARED TO BE 2MM IN SIZE. THE LEAK WAS LATER COILED ON (B)(6) 2024, TO CLOSE THE SMALL LEAK ON THE MITRAL SIDE OF THE CLOSURE DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
194397 WATCHMAN FLX LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM SYSTEM, APPENDAGE CLOSURE, LEFT ATRIAL NGV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 10390 0027099678 08714729860525

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Female Required Intervention