FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

MDR report key: 284016 · Received June 27, 2000

Report

Report Number
MW1019202
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 27, 2000
Date of Event
June 17, 2000
Report Date
June 27, 2000
Manufacturer
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.
Product Code
MGB
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2000 RADIOLOGIST USED A "PERCLOSE" DEVICE IN THE PT'S RIGHT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY FOLLOWING AN ANGIOGRAPHY. ON 6/12/00 THE PT WAS READMITTED WITH COLD PAINFUL RIGHT FOOT. FIVE DAYS LATER A SURGEON TOOK THE PT TO THE OR TO EXPLORE THE RIGHT COMMON REMORAL ARTERY. DR FOUND THE "PERCLOSE" DEVICE "EMBEDDED IN THE BACK WALL OF THE VESSEL" AND REMOVED IT AS A "FOREIGN BODY".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ABBOTT LABORATORIES "PERCLOSE" DEVICE MGB ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC. 6 FR. SMC SYSTEM UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Required Intervention