FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ECLIPSE FILTER SYSTEM - FEMORAL

MDR report key: 1901163 · Received November 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
2020394-2010-00327
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 10, 2010
Date of Event
May 20, 2010
Report Date
October 18, 2010
Manufacturer
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Product Code
DTK
PMA / PMN Number
K093659
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE LOT NUMBER FOR THE DEVICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE RAW MATERIALS, THE SUBASSEMBLIES, THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND THE QUALITY CONTROL TESTING. THIS LOT MET ALL RELEASE CRITERIA. THERE IS NOTHING SEEN IN THE DHR TO INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING RELATED CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLAINT REPORTED TO DATE FOR THIS LOT NUMBER. THE FILTER REMAINS IMPLANTED. THEREFORE, A DEVICE EVALUATION COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. THE INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO A SCHEDULED RETRIEVAL ATTEMPT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE IVC FILTER, IMPLANTED FIVE MONTHS AGO, WAS TILTED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES AND THE APEX WAS EMBEDDED IN THE CAVA WALL. THE RETRIEVAL ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. SUBSEQUENTLY, A CT DEMONSTRATED THAT ONE FILTER LIMB WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CAVA WALL BY 4-5 MM. NO DYE EXTRAVASATION WAS NOTED. THE PT IS ASYMPTOMATIC.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ECLIPSE FILTER SYSTEM - FEMORAL DTK BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. GFUA4097

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 COUMADIN