FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RX ACCULINK CAROTID STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1961540 · Received January 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
2024168-2011-00294
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 14, 2011
Date of Event
December 18, 2010
Report Date
December 21, 2010
Manufacturer
AV-TEMECULA-CT
Product Code
NIM
PMA / PMN Number
P040038
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS SUPPLEMENTAL IS BEING FILED TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE STENT THAT WAS LISTED IN THE NARRATIVE. IT WAS AN ACCULINK STENT, NOT AN XACT STENT AS INITIALLY REPORTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). DURING PROCESSING OF THIS COMPLAINT, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO OBTAIN COMPLETE EVENT, PATIENT AND DEVICE INFORMATION. HEPARIN. EMBOLIC PROTECTION: RX ACCUNET ((B)(4), LOT # 9092251) THERE WAS NO REPORTED PRODUCT DEFICIENCY. HEMORRHAGE IS LISTED IN THE PRODUCT INSTRUCTION FOR USE AS A KNOWN POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. ALTHOUGH A CONCLUSIVE CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED PATIENT EFFECT AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE DEVICE, IF ANY, CANNOT BE DETERMINED, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT QUALITY DEFICIENCY WITH RESPECT TO MANUFACTURE, DESIGN OR LABELING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ACCULINK STENT WAS IMPLANTED IN THE RIGHT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THREE DAYS AFTER THE IMPLANTATION OF THE XACT STENT IN THE RIGHT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE THAT WAS CONFIRMED WITH A CT SCAN OF THE HEAD. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT POSTERIOR FRONTAL CRANIOTOMY WITH THE EVACUATION OF THE INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA. THE PATIENT IS RECOVERING AT THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RX ACCULINK CAROTID STENT SYSTEM CAROTID STENT SYSTEM NIM AV-TEMECULA-CT 9112051

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Hospitalization| R| S