FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ION PACLITAXEL-ELUTING PLATINUM CHROMIUM CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2171734 · Received July 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
2134265-2011-02789
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2011
Date of Event
June 20, 2011
Report Date
June 20, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE
Product Code
NIQ
PMA / PMN Number
P100023
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE IS A COMBINATION PRODUCT. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DEVICE EVALUATED BY MFR, EVAL SUMMARY ATTACHED, METHOD CODES, RESULT CODES, CONCLUSION CODES. DEVICE EVALUATED BY MANUFACTURER: THE (B)(4) STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM (SDS) WAS RECEIVED WITH NO ORIGINAL PACKAGING OR OTHER DEVICES. THE STENT WAS NOT PRESENT ON THE SDS. THERE WERE STENT STRUT IMPRESSIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE TIGHTLY FOLDED BALLOON. THE STENT IMPRESSIONS WERE CENTERED BETWEEN THE MARKERBANDS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE SDS. THE MANUFACTURING BATCH RECORD REVIEW CONFIRMED THE DEVICE MET ALL MATERIAL, ASSEMBLY AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE IS OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AS DEVICE PERFORMANCE WAS LIMITED DUE TO ANATOMICAL / PROCEDURAL FACTORS. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, THE STENT DISLODGED. USING A RADIAL ACCESS, THE 2.25X20MM TARGET LESION WAS LOCATED IN THE RAMUS ARTERY WHICH WAS NEITHER CALCIFIED OR TORTUOUS. PREDILATION WAS PERFORMED WITH A 2.0X20MM NON BSC BALLOON INFLATED TO 12 ATM'S FOR 20 SECONDS. A 2.25X24MM ION STENT WAS ADVANCED TO TREAT THE TARGET LESION, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE AT THE LESION, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO CROSS THE LESION. THE DEVICE ENTERED THE PATIENT'S BODY TWICE AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GUIDE SUPPORT WAS NOT IDEAL. WHEN PULLING THE STENT BACK INTO THE GUIDE CATHETER IN THE LEFT MAIN ARTERY, THE STENT WAS STRIPPED FROM THE BALLOON AND DISLODGED. THE STENT WAS SNARED FROM THE LEFT MAIN ARTERY, BUT SLIPPED AT THE ELBOW AND THEN EMBOLIZED INTO THE ULNAR ARTERY. ONCE IN THE ULNAR ARTERY, IT TOOK TIME TO SNARE THE STENT AND BRING IT AROUND FOR REMOVAL IN THE RADIAL ARTERY. THE PROCEDURE WAS ABORTED WITH AN ATTEMPT THE NEXT DAY TO PLACE A 2.0X15MM NON BSC STENT, BUT IT WAS NOT ABLE TO CROSS THE LESION. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED 2 DAYS POST THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT STATUS IS OK.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, THE STENT DISLODGED. USING A RADIAL ACCESS, THE 2.25X20MM TARGET LESION WAS LOCATED IN THE RAMUS ARTERY WHICH WAS NEITHER CALCIFIED OR TORTUOUS. PREDILATION WAS PERFORMED WITH A 2.0X20MM NON BSC BALLOON INFLATED TO 12 ATM'S FOR 20 SECONDS. A 2.25X24MM ION STENT WAS ADVANCED TO TREAT THE TARGET LESION, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE AT THE LESION BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO CROSS THE LESION. THE DEVICE ENTERED THE PATIENT'S BODY TWICE AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GUIDE SUPPORT WAS NOT IDEAL. WHEN PULLING THE STENT BACK INTO THE GUIDE CATHETER IN THE LEFT MAIN ARTERY, THE STENT WAS STRIPPED FROM THE BALLOON AND DISLODGED. THE STENT WAS SNARED FROM THE LEFT MAIN ARTERY BUT SLIPPED AT THE ELBOW AND THEN EMBOLIZED INTO THE ULNAR ARTERY. ONCE IN THE ULNAR ARTERY, IT TOOK TIME TO SNARE THE STENT AND BRING IT AROUND FOR REMOVAL IN THE RADIAL ARTERY. THE PROCEDURE WAS ABORTED WITH AN ATTEMPT THE NEXT DAY TO PLACE A 2.0X15MM NON BSC STENT, BUT IT WAS NOT ABLE TO CROSS THE LESION. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED 2 DAYS POST THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT STATUS IS OK.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ION PACLITAXEL-ELUTING PLATINUM CHROMIUM CORONARY STENT SYSTEM CORONARY DRUG-ELUTING STENT NIQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE H7493902424220 14031154

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 46 YR Required Intervention 6FR EBU MEDTRONIC GUIDE CATHETER| TERUMO RUNTHROUGH GUIDE WIRE