FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

RELAY PRO THORACIC STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 21562007 · Received March 10, 2025

Report

Report Number
2247858-2025-00054
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 10, 2025
Date of Event
February 13, 2025
Report Date
January 8, 2026
Manufacturer
BOLTON MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
MIH
UDI-DI
00843576150362
PMA / PMN Number
P200045
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

BOLTON MEDICAL, INC. (D/B/A TERUMO AORTIC), HEREIN KNOWN AS THE "COMPANY", IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO 21 CFR PART 803, HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPLETE INFORMATION, AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE OF THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE COMPANY, WHICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN, UNAVAILABLE, OR NOT APPLICABLE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY ANYONE THAT THE DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A LEGAL ADMISSION BY ANYONE THAT THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT HAS ANY DEFECTS OR HAS MALFUNCTIONED, AS DEFINED FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT. THESE WORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AND ARE FIXED ITEMS FOR SELECTION CREATED BY THE CERTAIN REGULATIONS, TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF EVENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING PURSUANT TO PART 803. THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR REPORT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

BOLTON MEDICAL, INC. (D/B/A TERUMO AORTIC), HEREIN KNOWN AS THE "COMPANY", IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO 21 CFR PART 803, HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPLETE INFORMATION, AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE OF THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE COMPANY, WHICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN, UNAVAILABLE, OR NOT APPLICABLE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY ANYONE THAT THE DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A LEGAL ADMISSION BY ANYONE THAT THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT HAS ANY DEFECTS OR HAS MALFUNCTIONED, AS DEFINED FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT. THESE WORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AND ARE FIXED ITEMS FOR SELECTION CREATED BY THE CERTAIN REGULATIONS, TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF EVENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING PURSUANT TO PART 803. THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR REPORT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

"PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO DELIVER A 38X34X250MM RELAY PRO BARE STENT. PATIENT HAD SEVERELY CALCIFIED AND TORTUOUS ACCESS VESSELS. INCLUDING COMMON FEMORAL, EXTERNAL ILIAC, AND COMMON ILIAC ARTERIES. PHYSICIAN WAS DILATING THE ACCESS VESSELS UP FROM 5F SHEATH, 8F SHEATH, 11F SHEATH AND THEN TO AN 18F DRY SEAL SHEATH. THE 18F DRY SEAL SHEATH WAS MET WITH SOME RESISTANCE IN THE EXTERNAL AND COMMON ILIACS BUT WAS PLACED. PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE 18F DRY SEAL AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO DELIVER THE RELAY PRO. THE DEVICE WAS ADVANCED THROUGH THE ACCESS VESSELS BUT MET RESISTANCE IN THE COMMON ILIAC AND WOULD NOT ADVANCE PAST THE BIFURCATION. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE RELAY PRO FROM THE PATIENT AND TRIED TO PUT THE 18F DRY SEAL BACK IN. PHYSICIAN WAS UNABLE TO GET THE DRY SEAL BACK IN. AT THIS POINT HE TOOK AN ANGIOGRAM AND SAW THE PATIENTS EXTERNAL ILIAC AND COMMON ILIAC WERE BOTH RUPTURED. AN AORTIC BALLOON WAS THEN ADVANCED UP THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO OCCLUDE THE AORTA. SEVERAL VIABAHN STENTS WERE THEN PLACED TO REPAIR THE RUPTURED ILIACS. PHYSICIAN ULTIMATELY HAD TO SURGICALLY CUT DOWN ON PATIENTS' GROIN TO STOP THE BLEEDING." PATIENT OUTCOME: "PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO ICU AFTER CASE AND IS BEING EVALUATED TODAY (B)(6)2025"

Description of Event or Problem · 0

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

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1197407 RELAY PRO THORACIC STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM STENT, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC MIH BOLTON MEDICAL, INC. 2310170423 00843576150362

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Female Other| R| D