FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SYSTEM 054

MDR report key: 2023180 · Received February 15, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2011-00113
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 15, 2011
Date of Event
November 13, 2010
Report Date
February 17, 2011
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA INC.
Product Code
NRY
PMA / PMN Number
K090752
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: HEMORRHAGE IS A KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATION WITH THIS TYPE OF PROCEDURE AND IS NOTED IN THE DEVICE LABELING. THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AN ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION. THE INFO IN THIS REPORT WAS COLLECTED DURING THE REVIEW OF STROKE CASES FOR A PENUMBRA PORT-MARKET RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (PICS). THE INFO AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO THE PROCEDURAL REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT PRESENTED TO HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2010 WITH OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT ICA AT THE ORIGIN AND A BASELINE (B)(4) OF 19. AFTER RECEIVING IV TPA AND A SLOW INFUSION OF 6 MG IA TPA, THE PT WAS TREATED WITH THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM 054. THE PT DEVELOPED A BRAIN HEMATOMA. THE HEMATOMA WAS DETERMINED BY THE PI, DR (B)(6), TO BE OF "POSSIBLE BUT NOT CERTAIN" RELATIONSHIP TO THE STUDY DEVICE AND ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE. THE EVENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE SEVERE AND WAS UNRESOLVED. BELOW IS TAKEN FROM AN EMAIL SENT BY DR (B)(6) REGARDING THE EVENT: "BRAIN HEMATOMA ALSO NOT LIKELY DUE TO THE DEVICE BUT RATHER DUE TO TPA. CANNOT EXCLUDE FACT THAT REPERFUSION WITH PENUMBRA AND TPA COMBO WERE SYNERGISTIC IN ETIOLOGY OF HEMATOMA, SO POSSIBLE BUT NOT CERTAIN." A NONCONTRAST CT ON (B)(6) 2010 SHOWED DEVELOPMENT OF MASS EFFECT AND MIDLINE SHIFT AND THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED ON (B)(6) 2010.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PENUMBRA SYSTEM 054 NRY PENUMBRA INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 92 YR Death