FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FIBERED IDC OCCLUSION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2162689 · Received July 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
2134265-2011-03109
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 14, 2011
Date of Event
June 13, 2011
Report Date
June 14, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
KRD
PMA / PMN Number
K060078
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT IS INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURING BATCH RECORD REVIEW CONFIRMED THAT THE DEVICE MET ALL MATERIAL, ASSEMBLY AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE IS CONSIDERED HANDLING DAMAGE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT PROCEDURE, A MISSING COIL WAS NOTED. THE ANATOMICAL LOCATION FOR TREATMENT WAS THE LUMBAR ARTERY. A 2D 3MM X 6CM INTERLOCK DETACHABLE COIL WAS SELECTED FOR USE. HOWEVER, AFTER THE COIL WAS LOADED AND ADVANCED WITH THE COIL PUSHER IT WAS NOTED THAT THE COIL WAS NOT AT THE END OF THE PUSHER. THE PHYSICIAN LOOKED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE MICRO CATHETER, THE EMBOLIZATION SITE, IN THE SHEATH AND IN THE DISTAL VESSELS; HOWEVER, NO COIL WAS LOCATED. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THE COIL WAS NEVER LOADED ONTO THE END OF THE COIL PUSHER. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS OK.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FIBERED IDC OCCLUSION SYSTEM DEVICE, VASCULAR, FOR PROMOTING EMBOLIZATION KRD BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M001361500 14337613

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1