FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2834108 · Received November 15, 2012

Report

Report Number
2024168-2012-07207
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 15, 2012
Date of Event
September 18, 2012
Report Date
October 25, 2012
Manufacturer
AV-TEMECULA-CT
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P050007
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NE, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ESTIMATED DATE OF OCCURRENCE, EVENT REPORTEDLY OCCURRED IN (B)(6) 2012. IT IS INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE REMAINS IN THE PATIENTS ANATOMY AND IS NOT RETURNING FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. REVIEWS OF THE LOT HISTORY RECORD AND COMPLAINT HISTORY COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION REVIEWED, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT DEFICIENCY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF A RIGHT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY WAS ACHIEVED USING A STARCLOSE SE DEVICE AFTER A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, AFTER THE PROCEDURE THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF SYMPTOMS OF ITCHINESS, PULMONARY CONGESTION, RIGHT GROIN TENDERNESS, PATIENT STATES THAT THE RIGHT GROIN IS SWOLLEN, NO SWELLING WAS VISIBLE UPON EXAMINATION. THE PATIENT ALSO HAS PAIN RADIATING DOWN THE RIGHT THIGH AND UP INTO THE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN. THE PATIENT HAS INCREASED ANXIETY. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS STARTED AFTER THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE CLOSURE DEVICE. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE PHYSICIAN IS TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE STARCLOSE SE DEVICE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STARCLOSE SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM IMPLANTABLE CLIP MGB AV-TEMECULA-CT

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Other