FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAXUS LIBERTE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2003019 · Received February 28, 2011

Report

Report Number
2134265-2011-00565
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 28, 2011
Date of Event
July 17, 2007
Report Date
January 31, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE
Product Code
NIQ
PMA / PMN Number
P060008
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE IS COMBINATION PRODUCT. DEVICE EVALUATED BY MFR: IT IS INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A REVIEW OF THE BATCH HISTORY, HISTORICAL TRENDING, AND SIMILAR COMPLAINT TRENDING REVIEW FOR THE PRODUCT FAMILY WILL BE CONDUCTED. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST A STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, STENT THROMBOSIS OCCURRED. THE PATIENT PRESENTED DUE TO AN ACUTE INFERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND UNDERWENT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION. DURING THIS PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT HAD AN UNKNOWN SIZE TAXUS EXPRESS2 STENT IMPLANTED IN THE PROXIMAL RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY (RCA) AND A NON-BSC STENT IMPLANTED IN THE DISTAL RCA. (B)(6) 2007, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED THROMBOSIS AT THE SITE OF THE STENTS IN THE RCA WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TAXUS LIBERTE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM CORONARY DRUG-ELUTING STENT NIQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE UNK433

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention CYPHER STENT