BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PERIMOUNT PLUS PERICARDIAL BIOPROSTHESIS

    MDR report key: 2112052 · Received June 2, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    2015691-2011-15672
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 2, 2011
    Date of Event
    March 11, 2011
    Report Date
    May 5, 2011
    Manufacturer
    EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
    Product Code
    DYE
    PMA / PMN Number
    P860057/S016
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    NY, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    DEVICE WILL NOT BE RELEASED FOR EVALUATION. ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER NARRATIVE: THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPLETED AND CONFIRMS THAT THIS DEVICE PASSED ALL MANUFACTURING AND STERILIZATION INSPECTIONS. PER FOLLOW-UP, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A DEVICE QUALITY DEFICIENCY, AND NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. LATE PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS, OCCURRING MORE THAN 60 DAYS AFTER SURGERY, IS USUALLY CAUSED BY AN INFECTION WHICH OCCURS ELSEWHERE IN THE BODY, AND THEN SEEDS THE VALVE. THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES ARE DENTAL PROCEDURES, UROLOGICAL INFECTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS, AND INDWELLING CATHETERS. EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES HAS VALIDATED METHODS FOR STERILIZATION OF ALL DEVICES WHICH ENSURES PRODUCT STERILITY.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES MAINTAINS AN IMPLANT PATIENT REGISTRY. THIS REGISTRY IS A PATIENT TRACKING MECHANISM FOR SERIALIZED EDWARDS IMPLANTABLE DEVICES (BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES AND ANNULOPLASTY RINGS), RATHER THAN A TRUE POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE REGISTRY. THROUGH THE REGISTRY, EDWARDS IS NOTIFIED WHEN THESE DEVICES ARE IMPLANTED. IN ADDITION, PATIENT AND/OR DEVICE STATUS MAY BE REPORTED TO THE REGISTRY VIA THE IMPLANTATION DATA CARDS. THE INFORMATION IS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES (E.G. SURGEON, HOSPITAL, AND PATIENT FAMILY MEMBERS) AND IS NOT RECEIVED IN THE FORM OF A CONVENTIONAL "CUSTOMER COMPLAINT". THE INFORMATION REPORTED MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE EDWARDS DEVICE. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE EDWARDS VALVE WAS EXPLANTED AFTER AN IMPLANT DURATION OF APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS. THROUGH FOLLOW-UP, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VALVE WAS EXPLANTED DUE TO A BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE SOURCE OF INFECTION IS UNKNOWN. THE TYPE OF INFECTION HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT THE REASON FOR THIS EXPLANT IS PATIENT RELATED AND NOT DUE TO A DEVICE MALFUNCTION.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PERIMOUNT PLUS PERICARDIAL BIOPROSTHESIS REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE DYE EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES 6900P R-08A0108

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 45 YR Hospitalization| R