FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2051535 · Received April 7, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2011-00152
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 7, 2011
Date of Event
June 1, 2010
Report Date
March 22, 2011
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
NRY
PMA / PMN Number
K072718
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: VASOSPASM AND ACUTE OCCLUSION ARE KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATIONS WITH THIS TYPE OF PROCEDURE AND ARE 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 (B)(4). THE INFO AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO THE PROCEDURAL REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE HOSP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS PT WAS TREATED FOR AN OCCLUDED RIGHT ICA ORIGINAL OCCLUSION, WITH A MAJORITY OF THE AFFECTED VESSELS BEING SUCCESSFULLY REVASCULARIZED (TIMI 2). ON AN IMMEDIATE F/U ANGIOGRAM, A MINOR NON-FLOW LIMITING VASOSPASM WAS NOTED IN THE RIGHT M1 AND M2 BRANCH. ADDITIONALLY, A LATERAL ANGIOGRAM DEMONSTRATED A NON-OPACIFIED PERICALLOSAL ARTERY SUGGESTING A NEW OCCLUSION OF A PREVIOUSLY UNAFFECTED TERRITORY. THE PHYSICIAN REVIEWING THE SCAN FELT THE VASOSPASM WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE WAS UNCERTAIN. THE OCCLUSION OF THE PERICALLOSAL ARTERY WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM, BUT UNRELATED TO THE ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE. BOTH EVENTS WERE DEEMED NON-SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS REQUIRING NO ADDITIONAL ACTION AND RESOLVING ON THE SAME DATE.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Other