BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ESSURE

    MDR report key: 22181650 · Received June 10, 2025

    Report

    Report Number
    2951250-2025-00397
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 10, 2025
    Date of Event
    August 2, 2012
    Report Date
    June 12, 2025
    Manufacturer
    BAYER PHARMA AG
    Product Code
    HHS
    UDI-DI
    10888853003051
    PMA / PMN Number
    P020014
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    NL
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER
    Health Professional
    N

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    BAYER CASE NUMBER: (B)(4) FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL WAS REMOVED [MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL]. CASE NARRATIVE: THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ("FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL WAS REMOVED") IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED FOR FEMALE STERILISATION. THERE WAS NO INFORMATION ON THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY OR CONCURRENT CONDITIONS. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, 142 DAYS AFTER ESSURE INSERTION, SHE UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY (TO REMOVE ESSURE). AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE OUTCOME OF THE EVENT WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE ADMINISTRATION. THE REPORTER COMMENTED: AFTER THIS PROCEDURE, VARIOUS PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS HAVE DEVELOPED. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD FOLLOW-UP TREATMENTS, AND THE FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL WAS REMOVED AROUND (B)(6) 2012. AS A RESULT OF THE SYMPTOMS, I AM HINDERED IN MY NORMAL DAILY FUNCTIONING, AND I SUFFER DAMAGES. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: FOR ESSURE: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED, AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE. THE MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES DATA RECEIVED ON: 12-JUN-2025: QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. 11-JUN-2025: HEALTH AUTHORITY REFERENCE NUMBER ADDED. CASE COMMENTS: BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WAS CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT. IN CASE A SAMPLE IS RECEIVED THE INVESTIGATION MIGHT LEAD TO DESTRUCTION OF THE SAMPLE IF REQUIRED TO PERFORM A PROPER ANALYSIS.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    BAYER CASE NUMBER: (B)(4) FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL WAS REMOVED [MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL]. CASE NARRATIVE: THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ("FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL WAS REMOVED") IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED FOR FEMALE STERILISATION. THERE WAS NO INFORMATION ON THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY OR CONCURRENT CONDITIONS. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, 142 DAYS AFTER ESSURE INSERTION, SHE UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE OUTCOME OF THE EVENT WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE ADMINISTRATION. THE REPORTER COMMENTED: AFTER THIS PROCEDURE, VARIOUS PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS HAVE DEVELOPED. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD FOLLOW-UP TREATMENTS, AND THE FOREIGN-BODY MATERIAL WAS REMOVED AROUND (B)(6) 2012. AS A RESULT OF THE SYMPTOMS, I AM HINDERED IN MY NORMAL DAILY FUNCTIONING, AND I SUFFER DAMAGES. CASE COMMENTS: BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WILL BE CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT. IN CASE A SAMPLE IS RECEIVED THE INVESTIGATION MIGHT LEAD TO DESTRUCTION OF THE SAMPLE IF REQUIRED TO PERFORM A PROPER ANALYSIS.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    82085 ESSURE TRANSCERVICAL CONTRACEPTIVE TUBAL OCCLUSION DEVICE HHS BAYER PHARMA AG ESS305 10888853003051

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NA Female Required Intervention