FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

GIANTURCO-ROEHM BIRD'S NEST VENA CAVA FILTER

MDR report key: 206298 · Received January 14, 1999

Report

Report Number
1820334-1999-00005
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 14, 1999
Date of Event
December 4, 1998
Report Date
December 17, 1998
Manufacturer
COOK INCORPORATED
Product Code
DTK
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT HAD RIGHT PULMONARY EMBOLISM. FOR THIS REASON, THE DEVICE WAS PLACED INTO THE PT ON 10/18/1991. THE PT WAS KEPT ON HEPARIN AND ON 11/06/1991, NOTED TO HAVE DEVELOPED A LARGE RIGHT RETROPERITIONEAL HEMATOMA. ON 12/04/1998, AN AORTIC DISSECTION WITH DISSECTION INTO INNOMINATE AND LEFT CAROTID AS WELL AS A FRACTURED LONG CAUDAL STRUT OF THE VENA CAVA FILTER WAS NOTED. NO INTERVENTION WILL BE DONE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GIANTURCO-ROEHM BIRD'S NEST VENA CAVA FILTER Implant VENA CAVA FILTER DTK COOK INCORPORATED NA 320507

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Other