FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

GORE® EXCLUDER® THORACOABDOMINAL BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 22105484 · Received May 29, 2025

Report

Report Number
2017233-2025-06251
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 29, 2025
Date of Event
April 9, 2025
Report Date
September 16, 2025
Manufacturer
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
QZK
UDI-DI
00733132636419
PMA / PMN Number
P230023
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. (GORE) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH 21 C.F.R. PART 803, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING REGULATION. THIS REPORT IS BASED UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY GORE, WHICH THE COMPANY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE FDA. BLANK FIELDS PRESENT ON THIS REPORT INCLUDE REQUIRED FIELDS AND FIELDS DETERMINED TO BE NOT APPLICABLE. BLANK REQUIRED FIELDS INDICATE THAT THE INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED, WAS DEEMED UNAVAILABLE OR WAS NOT APPLICABLE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, GORE, OR ITS ASSOCIATES THAT THE DEVICE, GORE OR ITS ASSOCIATES 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 FDA, 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

THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED TO GORE ON MAY 19, 2025 FROM THE (B)(4) STUDY DATABASE: ON (B)(6) 2020, THIS 84-YEAR-OLD AGE MALE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE FOR A THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM INVOLVING THE VISCERAL VESSELS. A GORE® EXCLUDER® THORACOABDOMINAL BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS (TAMBE) DEVICE WAS PLANNED FOR THIS PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH A GORE® EXCLUDER® THORACOABDOMINAL BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS (TAMBE) AORTIC COMPONENT. THE PATIENT WAS ALSO TREATED WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES; ALL TAMBE SYSTEM COMPONENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY TRACKED FROM THE ACCESS SITE TO THE INTENDED IMPLANTATION SITE AND RELEASED FROM DELIVERY CATHETERS SUCCESSFULLY. ON (B)(6) 2025 IT WAS NOTED BY CORE LAB REVIEW THAT THERE WAS A WIRE FRACTURE TO THE GORE® EXCLUDER® THORACOABDOMINAL BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS (TAMBE) AORTIC COMPONENT. THIS DEFICIENCY WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ADVERSE EVENTS AT THIS TIME. THERE HAS BEEN NO INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
690566 GORE® EXCLUDER® THORACOABDOMINAL BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS ENDOVASCULAR SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF THORACOABDOMINAL AND PARARENAL AORTIC LESIO QZK W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 00733132636419

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 89 YR Male Hospitalization