FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SYSTEM SEPARATOR 054

MDR report key: 2092504 · Received May 3, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2011-00196
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 3, 2011
Date of Event
September 21, 2010
Report Date
April 6, 2011
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
NRY
PMA / PMN Number
K090752
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: INTRACRANIAL 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 (B)(4). THE INFO AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO THE PROCEDURAL REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL. THIS MDR IS ASSOCIATED WITH MDR 3005168196-2011-00194 AND 3005168196-2011-00195.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT PRESENTED TO AN OUTSIDE HOSPITAL WITH ACUTE ONSET RIGHT HEMIPARESIS AND APHASIA. THE PT RECEIVED INFUSION OF IV TPA AT AN OUTSIDE HOSPITAL AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO (B)(6) WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR AN OCCLUSION IN HIS LEFT M1 ON (B)(6) 2010. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM REPERFUSION CATHETER 054 WAS TRACKED COAXIALLY WITH THE REPERFUSION CATHETER 032 AND WAS THEN USED TO ASPIRATE THE OCCLUSION ALONG WITH THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM SEPARATOR 054. THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE, A TOTAL OF 7 MG IA TPA WERE ADMINISTERED BY SLOW IA INJECTION. AFTER CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE, THERE WAS NOTED TO BE RECANALIZATION OF THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE MCA DISTRIBUTION BUT THE POSTERIOR DIVISION REMAINS LARGELY UNOPACIFIED EXCEPT FOR COLLATERAL FLOW. TICI 2A NOTED. ON (B)(6) 2010, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PT EXPERIENCED PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGE WHICH RESOLVED THE SAME DAY. THIS EVENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE OF MILD SEVERITY WITH "POSSIBLE" RELATIONSHIP TO THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM AND ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE. FIVE DAYS AFTER THE PROCEDURE, THE PT WAS NOTED TO EXPERIENCE "MINOR HEMORRHAGIC CONVERSION" WHICH RESOLVED THE SAME DAY AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE OF "POSSIBLE" RELATIONSHIP TO THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM AND ANGIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR