FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TALENT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1935526 · Received November 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-02174
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 8, 2010
Date of Event
October 14, 2010
Report Date
October 14, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070027
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVALUATION: RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: (PENDING DEVICE EVALUATION).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT STENT GRAFT WAS INSERTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. VESSEL TORTUOSITY IS UNK AND THERE WAS NO CALCIFICATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ILIAC LIMB EXTENSION (B)(4) WAS SELECTED TO EXCLUDE AN ILIAC ANEURYSM. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED DURING INSPECTION OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM PRIOR TO INSERTION. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED DURING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. NO TORSION/ROTATION WAS ATTEMPTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE ROTATION OF THE BLUE HANDLE, FOR DEPLOYMENT OF THE STENT GRAFT THE PHYSICIAN FELT RESISTANCE UNTIL THE HANDLE STARTED TO ROTATE FREELY WITH NO RESPONSE OF THE CATHETER. THE FIRST SPRING OF THE OPEN WEB OF THE STENT GRAFT WAS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER SINCE THE REST OF THE GRAFT COULD NOT BE DEPLOYED, THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO REMOVE THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. THE FEMORAL ARTERY OF THE PT WAS LARGE IN DIAMETER. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED WITHOUT ISSUES. THE DEVICE HAS BEEN REC'D BY MEDTRONIC AND THE ANALYSIS IS PENDING. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00225018

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK