TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT
Report
- Report Number
- 2953200-2011-01018
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- May 18, 2011
- Date of Event
- April 18, 2011
- Report Date
- April 18, 2011
- Manufacturer
- MEDTRONIC IRELAND
- Product Code
- MIH
- PMA / PMN Number
- P070007
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- FL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
(B)(4). RESULTS: (CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY, INACCURATE PLACEMENT, OCCLUSION), (PENDING DEVICE EVALUATION). CONCLUSION: (PENDING DEVICE EVALUATION).
A TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A 6 CM IN DIAMETER THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM. THERE WAS THROMBOSIS IN THE SAC. THE ASCENDING AORTA WAS 41-42 MM IN DIAMETER, THEN NARROWED TO 27-28 MM IN DIAMETER FOR ABOUT 2.5 CM IN LENGTH BETWEEN THE LCCA AND LSCA. THE DISTAL AORTA WAS 31-32 MM IN DIAMETER, AND THERE WAS A LONG DISTAL LANDING ZONE. THE AORTA HAD UNREMARKABLE TORTUOSITY. ACCESS VESSELS WERE 7.5 MM IN DIAMETER WITHOUT CALCIFICATION. THE PT HAD A LCCA-LSCA BYPASS PRIOR TO THE TEVAR. ON TALENT CAPTIVIA DEVICE WAS INSERTED TO THE INTENDED LANDING ZONE, AND WHEN THE FIRST STENT RING WAS ALMOST DEPLOYED, THE STENT GRAFT MOVED ABOUT 2-3 CM DISTALLY FROM THE SUBCLAVIAN. THE PROPER GRAY TO BLUE HANDLE UNITING HAD BEEN FOLLOWED AFTER THE TIP CAPTURE MECHANISM HAD BEEN RELEASED. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS PROXIMAL ENDOLEAK. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO PUSH THE DEVICE FORWARD SLIGHTLY TO THE INTENDED LANDING ZONE, WHICH WAS PROXIMAL TO THE LSCA. AS THE STENT GRAFT WAS STILL FURTHER DISTAL THAN INTENDED, ANOTHER STENT GRAFT WAS SELECTED TO BE PLACED MORE PROXIMALLY. HOWEVER, THE FIRST STENT GRAFT HAD SLIPPED ALL THE WAY PAST THE CELIAC IN THE ABDOMEN AND COVERED THE RENALS. THE DELIVERY SYSTEM MIGHT HAVE GRABBED ON PART OF THE STENT GRAFT AND PULLED THE GRAFT DISTALLY INTO THE ABDOMEN. THE PT WAS THEN SURGICALLY-CONVERTED WITHOUT ISSUES. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PT IS FINE. THE DEVICE HAS BEEN RETURNED AND THE ANALYSIS IS PENDING.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT | MIH | MEDTRONIC IRELAND | NA | V00568043 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNK | Required Intervention |