FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER

MDR report key: 19639452 · Received June 28, 2024

Report

Report Number
3014590708-2024-00020
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 28, 2024
Date of Event
February 11, 2024
Report Date
June 28, 2024
Manufacturer
IMPERATIVE CARE. INC
Product Code
NRY
UDI-DI
00812212030498
PMA / PMN Number
K210996
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DEVICES WERE DISCARDED AFTER USE AND THEREFORE NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN AND INVESTIGATION. THERE WERE NO DEVICE DEFICIENCIES REPORTED RELATED TO THE ZOOM 45. BASED ON THE LIMITED CASE IMAGE AND INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE VESSEL PERFORATION IS UNKNOWN. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ZOOM DEVICE TO THE VESSEL PERFORATION COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE PERFORATION WAS CAUSED BY THE ZOOM DEVICE OR OTHER DEVICES. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THE ZOOM 45 DEVICE WERE REVIEWED AND DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PRODUCT MET ALL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

DURING AN IN-SERVICE VISIT, THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED TO THE IMPERATIVE CARE SALES REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT A VESSEL PERFORATION EVENT THAT OCCURRED "A FEW MONTHS AGO" WITH A ZOOM 45 CATHETER. THE CLOT LOCATION WAS IN THE INFERIOR DISTAL M2 SEGMENT. DURING THE FIRST PASS, THE PHYSICIAN USED A THIRD-PARTY ACCESS CATHETER AND TWO DIFFERENT SIZE ASPIRATION CATHETERS OVER A GUIDEWIRE, BUT THEY COULD NOT ADVANCE. BOTH ASPIRATION CATHETERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. WITH THE SAME THIRD-PARTY ACCESS CATHETER IN PLACE, THE PHYSICIAN THEN ADVANCED A ZOOM 45 CATHETER OVER A THIRD-PARTY MICROCATHETER AND GUIDEWIRE TO THE FACE OF THE CLOT IN THE M2 SEGMENT. THE MICROCATHETER AND GUIDEWIRE WERE THEN REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. ASPIRATION WAS APPLIED TO THE ZOOM 45. THE PHYSICIAN DOES NOT KNOW IF THE CLOT WAS REMOVED. POST-ASPIRATION IMAGING REVEALED A VESSEL PERFORATION OF THE DISTAL M2 SEGMENT. THE PATIENT BECAME UNSTABLE, AND THE PHYSICIAN ENDED THE PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO TREATMENT ADMINISTERED. THE PHYSICIAN INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT WAS ELDERLY AND HAD TORTUOUS ANATOMY WITH FRAGILE VESSELS. THE PHYSICIAN WAS NOT SURE IF THE ZOOM 45 HAD CAUSED THE VESSEL PERFORATION. NO DEVICE DEFICIENCY WAS REPORTED. THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY DUE TO CARDIAC ARREST AT AN UNKNOWN TIME ON THE SAME DAY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
828273 ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER CATHETER, THROMBUS RETRIEVER NRY IMPERATIVE CARE. INC ICRC045144 F2326202 00812212030498

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 86 YR Female Life Threatening ARISTOTLE 24 GUIDEWIRE| PHENOM 27 MICROCATHETER| RED 43| RED 62