FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WATCHMAN TRUSTEER? ACCESS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 23593661 · Received November 19, 2025

Report

Report Number
2124215-2025-84000
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 19, 2025
Date of Event
November 5, 2025
Report Date
December 17, 2025
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
DQY
UDI-DI
00191506022310
PMA / PMN Number
K240018
Removal / Correction Number
97423085-FA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

H6: PATIENT CODE E061202 ADDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED AN AIR EMBOLISM OCCURRED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE (LAAC) PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON A PATIENT UNDER DEEP SEDATION. A WATCHMAN TRUSTEER ACCESS SYSTEM (WAS) AND A 31MM WATCHMAN FLX PRO LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM (WDS) WAS SELECTED FOR USE. THE TRANSEPTAL PUNCTURE (TSP) WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY. AS THE DILATOR WAS BEING EXCHANGED FOR THE PIGTAIL CATHETER, THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT ASPIRATED APPROXIMATELY 20CC OF AIR. ST ELEVATION CHANGES WERE NOTICED, ALONG WITH LEFT VENTRICLE (LV) AND RIGHT VENTRICLE (RV) DYSFUNCTION, AND THE PATIENT BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED. ATROPINE AND EPINEPHRINE WERE ADMINISTERED. A CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY WAS PERFORMED AND 100% O2 (OXYGEN) WAS ADMINISTERED. NO AIR WAS NOTICED IN THE CORONARIES AT THE TIME AND THE LAAC PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. THE ST ELEVATION RESOLVED, AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED AN AIR EMBOLISM OCCURRED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE (LAAC) PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON A PATIENT UNDER DEEP SEDATION. A WATCHMAN TRUSTEER ACCESS SYSTEM (WAS) AND A 31MM WATCHMAN FLX PRO LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM (WDS) WAS SELECTED FOR USE. THE TRANSEPTAL PUNCTURE (TSP) WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY. AS THE DILATOR WAS BEING EXCHANGED FOR THE PIGTAIL CATHETER, THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT ASPIRATED APPROXIMATELY 20CC OF AIR. ST ELEVATION CHANGES WERE NOTICED, ALONG WITH LEFT VENTRICLE (LV) AND RIGHT VENTRICLE (RV) DYSFUNCTION, AND THE PATIENT BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED. ATROPINE AND EPINEPHRINE WERE ADMINISTERED. A CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY WAS PERFORMED AND 100% O2 (OXYGEN) WAS ADMINISTERED. NO AIR WAS NOTICED IN THE CORONARIES AT THE TIME AND THE LAAC PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. THE ST ELEVATION RESOLVED, AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
289901 WATCHMAN TRUSTEER? ACCESS SYSTEM CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS DQY BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M635TU90050 0037345479 00191506022310

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Male Required Intervention| H