FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 2151576 · Received June 29, 2011

Report

Report Number
2017233-2011-00324
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 29, 2011
Date of Event
February 2, 2011
Report Date
June 28, 2011
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P040043
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING PAPERWORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. IMAGES FOR THE EVENT ARE BEING ANALYZED. THE REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING PAPERWORK VERIFIED THAT THIS LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2010, THE PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS TO TREAT A TYPE B DISSECTION. ON (B)(6), 2011, IMAGES SHOWED A LACK OF WALL APPOSITION OF THE IMPLANTED TAG DEVICE DUE TO AN ANGULATED ARCH. ON (B)(6), 2011, AN ARCH REPLACEMENT WAS PERFORMED USING AN E-VITA OPEN PLUS HYBRID STENT GRAFT SYSTEM THAT WAS SUTURED TO THE PROXIMAL END OF THE TAG DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH/SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES WLG426 06475038

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 42 YR Hospitalization| R