FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1904635 · Received November 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953144-2010-02866
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 22, 2010
Date of Event
October 18, 2010
Report Date
October 26, 2010
Manufacturer
AV-REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P960043
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION IS NOT YET COMPLETE.(B)(4):DURING PROCESSING OF THIS COMPLAINT, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO OBTAIN COMPLETE EVENT, PATIENT AND DEVICE INFORMATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE FOUND A PARTIALLY DEPLOYED DEVICE. THE POSTERIOR CUFF WAS CAPTURED AND ATTACHED TO THE NEEDLE TIP. THE COMPLETE SUTURE HAD BEEN PULLED DISTALLY OUT OF THE DEVICE BUT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE DEVICE BY THE ANTERIOR CUFF. THE ANTERIOR CUFF REMAINED IN THE FOOT POCKET WITH IT IS TABS INTACT. DURING TESTING A PROXY PLUNGER WAS INSERTED AND THE NEEDLE TRAJECTORY WAS FOUND TO BE ACCEPTABLE. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION FINDINGS, AN ANTERIOR CUFF MISS OCCURRED AS EVIDENCED BY THE ANTERIOR CUFF REMAINING IN THE FOOT POCKET. NO NEEDLE STRIKE MARKS WERE DETECTED AT THE ANTERIOR FOOT POCKET. THIS INDICATES THE NEEDLE WAS DEFLECTED AWAY FROM THE POCKET DURING DEPLOYMENT. BECAUSE THE NEEDLE DID NOT ENGAGE THE ANTERIOR CUFF, THE CUFF WAS NOT EJECTED FROM THE FOOT. WHEN THE PLUNGER WAS REMOVED FROM THE DEVICE, THE SUTURE WOULD NOT BE PRESENT. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE ANTERIOR CUFF MISS AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS IS DUE TO NEEDLE DEFLECTION DURING PLUNGER DEPLOYMENT POSSIBLY CAUSED BY INTERACTION WITH ANATOMY OR A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A STABLE POSITION OF THE DEVICE WITH RESPECT TO THE TISSUE TRACT DURING NEEDLE DEPLOYMENT. NO MANUFACTURING OR QUALITY 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 BY SVC REPORT THAT THE BED WAS NOT COMMUNICATING. NO PT INVOLVEMENT OR ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES ARE REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PROGLIDE DEVICE ATTEMPTED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF THE COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN UNSPECIFIED PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, A CUFF MISS OCCURRED AND A SECOND PROGLIDE WAS USED SUCCESSFULLY TO ACHIEVE HEMOSTASIS. ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE MGB AV-REDWOOD CITY 930226H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention