FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 2233946 · Received August 30, 2011

Report

Report Number
2017233-2011-00446
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 30, 2011
Date of Event
August 11, 2011
Report Date
August 29, 2011
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MFG PAPERWORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. RESULTS: THE REVIEW OF THE MFG PAPERWORK VERIFIED THAT THIS LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2011, THE PT WAS BEING TREATED FOR AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM USING A GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS FEATURING C3 DEVICE. THE DEVICE WAS DISPLAYED AT THE DESIRED LOCATION JUST BELOW THE RENAL ARTERIES. AN ANGIOGRAM REVEALED THAT THE PT'S LEFT INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY WAS UNINTENTIONALLY COVERED. A BALLOON WAS USED TO MOVE THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE IPSILATERAL LEG PROXIMAL ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR PARTIAL BLOOD FLOW INTO THE LEFT INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY. THE PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE TRUNK-IPSILATERAL LEG COMPONENT REMAINED AT THE DESIRED LOCATION. THE PT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH / SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES WLG425 8624415

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Hospitalization| R THE PT'S MEDICATIONS INCLUDE XANAX| ALEGRA| ASPIRIN| LOVASTATIN| METAPROLOL