FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 2471124 · Received February 22, 2012

Report

Report Number
2017233-2012-00116
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 22, 2012
Date of Event
December 11, 2011
Report Date
February 16, 2012
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES,INC
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P040043
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFO INCLUDING LOT NUMBERS WAS REQUESTED, BUT NOT PROVIDED. THE GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS IS INDICATED FOR ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH THE CONFORMABLE GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS TO TREAT AN INFLAMMATORY THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH EXTATIC ILIACS. THE DISTAL LANDING ZONE OF THE CONFORMABLE GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS WAS INTO AN AORTIC TUBE GRAFT. THE PT THEN DEVELOPED BOWEL ISCHEMIA AND DIED ON (B)(6) 2011.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH/SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES,INC WLG426

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Death (B)(4)| (B)(4)| (B)(4)| (B)(4)