FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

INNOVA 3100

MDR report key: 2103792 · Received May 19, 2011

Report

Report Number
9611343-2011-00040
Event Type
Other
Date Received
May 19, 2011
Date of Event
January 20, 2011
Report Date
May 19, 2011
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
MQB
PMA / PMN Number
K042053
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AS A PART OF GE HEALTHCARE'S INVESTIGATION, LOG FILES AND DICOM DATA WERE COLLECTED, AND THE MEASUREMENTS WERE REPRODUCED. THE DEVICE WAS FOUND TO OPERATE ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE CLINICAL JUDGMENT ERROR WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TOTAL VESSEL AND THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE VESSEL TO ESTABLISH AS THE "NORMAL" SECTION OR "REFERENCE DIAMETER." THE CIRCUMFLEX VESSEL WAS NOT MEASURED DISTAL ENOUGH FROM THE STENOSIS TO GET AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF THE "REFERENCE DIAMETER." THE DIAMETER OF THE STENT HAD BEEN CHOSEN BASED ON THE VESSEL DIAMETER AT A PLACE THAT WAS SUFFERING FROM PLAQUE BURDEN. THE PLAQUE BURDEN AT THIS AREA WAS NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS BEING IMAGED DURING A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURE FOR A STENOSIS. THE TECHNOLOGIST MEASURED A "NORMAL" SECTION OF THE VESSEL OR "REFERENCE DIAMETER" WITH AN INNOVA 3100 AND DETERMINED IT TO BE 2.4MM +/- 0.13MM. A 2.5MM STENT WAS DEPLOYED AND AFTER POST DILATION OF THE STENOSIS, THE STENT MOVED DOWN THE VESSEL TO THE BIFURCATION OF THE CIRCUMFLEX VESSEL. THE CUSTOMER THEN PERFORMED AN INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND MEASURED THE VESSEL AT 4.0MM. THE USER INSERTED AND DEPLOYED AN ADDITIONAL 3.5MM STENT, WHICH COVERED THE STENOSIS AND ALSO WAS THE "EXTENSION" OF THE FIRST STENT WHICH HAD MOVED DOWN (STENT-IN-STENT TECHNIQUE). FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INNOVA 3100 FLUOROSCOPIC X-RAY SYSTEM MQB GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS 2335139-2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Required Intervention