FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT SYS

MDR report key: 1933729 · Received December 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-02575
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 16, 2010
Date of Event
November 18, 2010
Report Date
November 18, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL RESULTS & CONCLUSION: (ANGULATED "S" SHAPED AORTIC ARCH). (DEVICE ADVANCEMENT WAS NOT WATCHED DURING FLUOROSCOPY).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE URGENT ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A FOCAL TRANSACTION/TEAR WHICH STARTED JUST DISTAL TO THE LSCA. THE NECK LENGTH WAS APPROX 25 MM. THE AORTA HAD MILD THROMBUS AND MILD S-SHAPE ANGULATION STARTING AT THE LCSA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE ADVANCEMENT WAS NOT WATCHED DURING FLUOROSCOPY. THE DEVICE WAS ADVANCED UP TO THE ARCH AND DEPLOYMENT WAS STARTED AT THE LEFT CAROTID ARTERY. IT WAS REPORTED THE C-BAR WAS CATCHING THE S-SHAPED BEND OF THE ANATOMY AND WAS FAVORING THE INNER/ANTERIOR AORTIC CURVE. THE DEVICE WAS NOT ADVANCED OR TORQUED DURING THE ACTUAL STENT GRAFT DEPLOYMENT. THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED NORMAL RE-POSITIONING OF THE C-BAR BEFORE DEPLOYMENT BY ROTATING THE DELIVERY SYS AND MOVING IT BACK AND FORTH TO RELEASE THE STORED ENERGY. AS THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE PHYSICIAN PULLED THE DEVICE DOWN INTO THE DESCENDING AORTA AND AGAIN TRIED TO ROTATE THE DELIVERY SYSTEM TO ALIGN THE C-BAR, THIS ALSO DID NOT WORK. THE GRAFT WAS DEPLOYED AT UNINTENDED LOCATION AND THERE WAS A PROXIMAL TYPE 1 ENDOLEAK. A SECOND TALENT CAPTIVIA GRAFT WAS PLACED PROXIMALLY WITH CAREFUL DEPLOYMENT TO RESOLVE THE ENDOLEAK. NO CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT SYS MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY NA V00540346

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Required Intervention