FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SILVERHAWK® PLAQUE EXCISION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2366436 · Received December 12, 2011

Report

Report Number
2183870-2011-00228
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 12, 2011
Date of Event
November 11, 2011
Report Date
November 14, 2011
Manufacturer
EV3 INC.
Product Code
MCW
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURE RECORDS FOR THIS DEVICE COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT HAD A CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION (CTO) OF THE SFA WITH PREVIOUS STENT PLACEMENT FROM A PREVIOUS INTERVENTION. THE STENT HAD BEEN IMPLANTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE CTO WAS CROSSED WITH STANDARD INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUE. THE LESION WAS BALLOONED AND ULTIMATELY THE SILVERHAWK LXM WAS USED TO TREAT THE DISEASE. A LUMEN WAS CREATED WITH SLUGGISH FLOW AND A CLOT APPEARED TO BE PRESENT. AFTER SEVERAL PASSES WITH THE SILVERHAWK LX-M, THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND CLEANED. AN ANGIOGRAM SHOWED SLUGGISH FLOW AND APPARENT CLOT. A SECOND SET OF PASSES WAS ATTEMPTED. AFTER THIS USAGE OF THE SILVERHAWK DEVICE, AN ANGIOGRAM CONFIRMED NO IMPROVEMENT WITH APPARENT CLOT PRESENT. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO STOP THE PROCEDURE AND NOTED THAT THE PATIENT WOULD REQUIRE BYPASS SURGERY. AN ANGIO WAS NOT TAKEN DOWN TO THE FOOT AFTER THE SECOND USAGE OF THE SILVERHAWK DEVICE. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THAT THE FOOT WAS VERY WHITE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SILVERHAWK® PLAQUE EXCISION SYSTEM CATHETER, PERIPHERAL, ATHERECTOMY MCW EV3 INC. P4055 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention