FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT BIFUR XCELERANT - HYDRO (US)

MDR report key: 1933716 · Received December 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-02579
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 16, 2010
Date of Event
November 19, 2010
Report Date
November 19, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070027
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL RESULTS: (ENDOLEAK). EVAL RESULTS & CONCLUSION: (CALCIFIED AORTIC NECK AND SMALL FLOW LUMEN).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A 5.5 CM ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. THE AORTIC NECK WAS 13 MM IN LENGTH AND IT WAS CALCIFIED. THE AORTIC BIFURCATION HAD A SMALL FLOW LUMEN AND THE ILIAC ARTERIES AND ACCESS ARTERIES WERE CALCIFIED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED, THERE WAS A PROXIMAL TYPE 1 ENDOLEAK ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PLACE AN ANEURX CUFF PROXIMALLY; HOWEVER, AFTER THE CUFF WAS DEPLOYED AND DURING THE DELIVERY SYSTEM REMOVAL, THE TAPERED TIP GOT CAUGHT ON THE PROXIMAL BARE SPRING OF THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT AND BOTH THE BIFUR AND THE CUFF WERE PULLED DOWN APPROX 10 MM (SEE MFR # 2953200-2010-02580). THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE DELIVERY SYSTEM WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE. THE CUFF HAD 3 MM OF APPOSITION IN THE NECK, AND THERE WAS STILL A PROXIMAL TYPE 1 ENDOLEAK. BECAUSE THE PT HAD A LOT OF CONTRAST DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO NOT FURTHER INTERVENE AT THE MOMENT AND TO BRING THE PT BACK AT A LATER DATE TO PLACE A CUFF; HOWEVER, IT IS UNK IF THE PT RETURNED FOR THIS INTERVENTION. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT BIFUR XCELERANT - HYDRO (US) MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY NA V00505089

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 91 YR Required Intervention