FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

POWERLINK SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2853534 · Received December 3, 2012

Report

Report Number
2031527-2012-00160
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 3, 2012
Date of Event
November 1, 2012
Report Date
November 1, 2012
Manufacturer
ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P040002
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NV, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ENDOLOGIX CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED EVENT. ENDOLOGIX WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 CFR 803.56 WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BASED UPON THE REVIEW OF LOT RECORDS, WORK ORDERS, AND PRIOR REPORTS NO ISSUES WITH THE LOT WERE NOTED. ACTUAL DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED HENCE NO DEVICE EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED. HOWEVER, OPERATIVE NOTES AND PROCEDURE PLANNING SHEET WERE PROVIDED FOR CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPLAINT BY CLINICAL REPRESENTATIVE. BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE MEDICAL RECORDS IT INDICATES THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A TYPE 1 DISTAL ENDOLEAK APPROXIMATELY 33 MONTHS POST ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR WITH AN ENDOLOGIX STENT GRAFT. THE PATIENT'S ANATOMY (BILATERAL ECSTATIC ILIAC ARTERIES) LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE DEVICE MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. ENDOLEAKS ARE A KNOWN RISK OF THE PROCEDURE, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE PRODUCT LABELING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 33 MONTHS POST-IMPLANT OF A BIFURCATED DEVICE AND INFRARENAL AORTIC EXTENSION; A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN REVEALED A DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT CAME IN FOR A ROUTINE CHECKUP AT WHICH TIME A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK FROM THE LEFT COMMON ILIAC. THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO TREAT THE PATIENT WITH TWO LIMB EXTENSIONS ON LEFT COMMON ILIAC AND ONE LIMB EXTENSION ON THE RIGHT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT IS DOING FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 POWERLINK SYSTEM INFRARENAL BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT MIH ENDOLOGIX, INC. 28-16-120BL W09-3395-016

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 95 YR Required Intervention