PENUMBRA SYSTEM SEPARATOR 032
Report
- Report Number
- 3005168196-2012-00428
- Event Type
- Death
- Date Received
- December 14, 2012
- Date of Event
- November 14, 2012
- Report Date
- November 14, 2012
- Manufacturer
- PENUMBRA, INC.
- Product Code
- NRY
- PMA / PMN Number
- K072718
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- JA
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
CONCLUSION: VESSEL PERFORATION IS A KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATION WITH THESE TYPES OF PROCEDURES AND IS NOTED IN THE DEVICE LABELING. THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AN ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THIS LOT WERE REVIEWED AND DID NOT REVEAL ANY OUTSTANDING DISCREPANCIES, QUALITY, OR DESIGN CONCERNS. DEVICE DISCARDED BY HOSPITAL.
ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PHYSICIAN PERFORMED THROMBECTOMY ON THE PATIENT WITH ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION IN THE LEFT MCA (M2). A GUIDING CATHETER WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE ICA FROM THE BRACHIAL A. THE SL-10 AND THE CHIKAI 200 WIRE WERE USED TO PENETRATE THE OCCLUSION PART AND AN ANGIOGRAPHY FOLLOWED. THE PHYSICIAN INSERTED THE CHIKAI 300 AND REPLACED THE CATHETER TO THE PSC032. THE PHYSICIAN FELT THE MOTION OF THE PSS032 WAS STRANGE FROM THE WAY IT HAD BEEN WHEN INSERTING, AND CONDUCTED ANGIOGRAPHY AND NOTED EXTRAVASATION. THE GATEWAY (2.5X12) BALLOON WAS ADVANCED TO ARREST THE HEMORRHAGE AND HAD INFLATED FOR THREE TIMES IN FIVE MINUTES. THIS WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL THEREFORE, FOUR ED COILS, FOUR TARGET COILS, AND FOUR TORNADO COILS WERE PLACED AS ADDITIONAL TREATMENT AND THE PROCEDURE WAS CONCLUDED. THE PSS032 MOVED UNEASILY COMPARED TO THE GUIDE WIRE. IT IS THOUGHT OF POSSIBLE THAT THE PSS032 PERFORATED THE BLOOD VESSEL DUE TO THE EXTRAVASATION REVEALED BY THE FOLLOWING ANGIOGRAPHY. FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON (B)(6) 2012: THE PATIENT DIED ON (B)(6) 2012. THE PHYSICIAN CONSIDERS SAH OR INFARCTION MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PENUMBRA SYSTEM SEPARATOR 032 | NRY | NRY | PENUMBRA, INC. | F25958 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death| R |