FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MONARC SLING SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2684271 · Received August 2, 2012

Report

Report Number
2183959-2012-01563
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 2, 2012
Report Date
July 9, 2012
Manufacturer
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS EVENT IT WILL BE RE-EVALUATED AND A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2006, THE PLAINTIFF WAS IMPLANTED WITH A MONARC SLING SYSTEM "WITH THE INTENTION OF TREATING THE PLAINTIFF FOR STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE." IT WAS ALLEGED THAT THE PLAINTIFF HAS "SUFFERED SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXTREME PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE, CONTINUAL BLADDER AND URETHRA INFECTIONS," HAS "EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING," HAS "REQUIRED ADDITIONAL SURGERY AND MEDICAL TREATMENT AND SHE HAS SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURY," "WAS INJURED IN HER HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND ACTIVITY, SUSTAINING INJURY TO HER PERSON, ALL OF WHICH INJURIES HAVE CAUSED PLAINTIFF SEVERE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING," HAS "SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURY," "HAS UNDERGONE MEDICAL TREATMENT," AND HAS HAD "OTHER INJURIES."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MONARC SLING SYSTEM SURGICAL MESH FTL AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R| S