FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT CAPTIVIA STENT GRAFT

MDR report key: 2100743 · Received May 18, 2011

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

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RESULTS: (CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY, INACCURATE PLACEMENT, OCCLUSION), (PENDING DEVICE EVALUATION). CONCLUSION: (PENDING DEVICE EVALUATION).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

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