BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 2890676 · Received December 21, 2012

    Report

    Report Number
    1018233-2012-02163
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    December 21, 2012
    Report Date
    October 17, 2018
    Manufacturer
    BARD SHANNON LIMITED
    Product Code
    FTL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K070073
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    FL, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY
    Health Professional
    N

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED. THE FINISHED PRODUCT MET ALL SPECS PRIOR TO BEING RELEASED FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WHICH ACCOMPANIES ALL DEVICES CURRENTLY ADDRESSES POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICALLY IMPLANTED MATERIALS. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATES IN THE ADVERSE EVENTS: "COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPER IMPLANTATION OF THE ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: POSTOPERATIVE HEMATOMA, SEROMA, ABSCESS OR FISTULA FORMATION, OR SCARRING WHICH MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE. URINARY RETENTION, BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION AND OTHER VOIDING DYSFUNCTIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH OVER-CORRECTION/TOO MUCH TENSION PLACED ON THE IMPLANT. PERFORATIONS OR LACERATIONS OF VESSELS, NERVES, BLADDER, BOWEL, URETHRA, OR ANY VISCERA, WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING THE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE. IRRITATION AT THE OPERATIVE WOUND SITE WHICH MAY ELICIT A FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE THAT LEADS TO WOUND DEHISCENCE, INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION. EXTRUSION THROUGH VAGINAL EPITHELIUM OR EROSION INTO SURROUNDING VISCERA AND/OR MUCOSA. INFLAMMATION, SENSITIZATION, PAIN, DYSPAREUNIA, SCARIFICATION, CONTRACTION, DEVICE MIGRATION AND FAILURE OF THE PROCEDURE RESULTING IN RECURRENCE OF INCONTINENCE." (B)(4).

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE PT'S ATTORNEY ALLEGED A DEFICIENCY AGAINST THE DEVICE. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT NOT YET RECEIVED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FTL BARD SHANNON LIMITED NA HUUJ1345

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 37 YR Female Required Intervention