FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ANGIO-SEAL

MDR report key: 215660 · Received March 24, 1999

Report

Report Number
3032312-1999-00071
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 24, 1999
Date of Event
February 23, 1999
Report Date
February 24, 1999
Manufacturer
THE KENDALL CO.
Product Code
MGB
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 02/17/1999 FOLLOWING A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE, AN ANGIO-SEAL DEVICE WAS PLACED IN A PATIENT'S RIGHT GROIN. FIVE (5) DAYS POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF PAIN IN THE RIGHT LEG. AN ULTRASOUND WAS PERFORMED THAT DAY WHICH APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. ON 02/23/1999 THE PATIENT AGAIN RETURNED WITH INCREASED COMPLAINTS OF PAIN AND A RIGHT PEDAL PULSE THAT WAS ONLY DOPPLERABLE. A CONTRALATERAL ANTERIOGRAM WAS PERFORMED WHICH REVEALED A VESSEL OCCLUSION. ON 02/23/1999 AN ENDARTERECTOMY REVEALED THAT THE ANGIO-SEAL ANCHOR WAS WITHIN THE VESSEL AND WAS TAKEN AWAY. ALSO NOTED WAS THAT THE VESSEL CONTAINED DENSE PLAQUE THAT WAS ADHERENT TO THE ANCHOR THAT ACTUALLY EXTENDED DOWNWARD CREATING A FLAP, AND A THROMBUS, BOTH WERE REMOVED. AS OF 03/23/1999 THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER REPORT TO THE MANUFACTURER OF COMPLICATION OR ADDITIONAL PATIENT SEQUELAE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANGIO-SEAL Implant HEMOSTATIC PUNCTURE CLOSURE DEVICE MGB THE KENDALL CO. NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Hospitalization| R