FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

GUGLIELMI DETACHABLE COIL AND POWER SUPPLY, MODELS POWER SUPPLY : 451006-4; CABL

MDR report key: 1932851 · Received December 20, 2010

Report

Report Number
2939204-2010-01156
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 20, 2010
Date of Event
December 8, 2010
Report Date
December 8, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
HCG
PMA / PMN Number
K001083
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE USER FACILITY. THE COIL DETACHED OUTSIDE THE MICROCATHETER AND NOT INSIDE THE PATIENT AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. THE COIL HAD NOT BEEN SOAKED IN SALINE PRIOR TO USE AND CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS NOT MAINTAINED. THE PHYSICIAN CONFIRMED THAT BOTH THE TWIST LOCK ON THE INTRODUCER SHEATH AND THE ROTATING HEMOSTASIS VALVE WERE OPENED TO ALLOW THE COIL TO BE ADVANCED. NO FRICTION WAS ENCOUNTERED PRIOR TO THE COIL DETACHING. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HAS REVIEWED ALL INFORMATION AND DETERMINED THIS EVENT NO LONGER MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF A REPORTABLE EVENT FOR THE DEVICE IN QUESTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE COIL PREMATURELY DETACHED DURING DEPLOYMENT, THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO IMPLANT THE COIL INTO THE ANEURYSM. THERE WAS NO REPORTED CLINICAL CONSEQUENCE TO THE PATIENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE COIL DETACHED OUTSIDE THE MICROCATHETER. THERE WAS NO CLINICAL CONSEQUENCE TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GUGLIELMI DETACHABLE COIL AND POWER SUPPLY, MODELS POWER SUPPLY : 451006-4; CABL DEVICE, NEUROVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION HCG BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M00335302540 0013082235

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1