FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ENDURANT II ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2936251 · Received January 30, 2013

Report

Report Number
2953200-2013-00171
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 30, 2013
Date of Event
January 7, 2013
Report Date
January 7, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RESULTS: INCORRECT TECHNIQUE/PROCEDURE (INACCURATE POSITIONING OF THE CONTRALATERAL LIMB). CONCLUSION: OPERATIONAL CONTEXT CONTRIBUTED TO EVENT (INACCURATE POSITIONING OF THE CONTRALATERAL LIMB).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO. THE AORTIC NECK WAS 28 MM IN DIAMETER AND 10 MM IN LENGTH. AN ENDURANT BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT 3216145 A 1613156 CONTRALATERAL LIMB AND A 161682, IPSILATERAL EXTENSION WERE IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT WAS DEPLOYED A WIRE WAS PLACED INTO THE CONTRALATERAL GATE. THE CONTRALATERAL LIMB WAS INSERTED AND PLACED ACCURATELY; HOWEVER, DUE TO POOR IMAGING AND PHYSICIAN ERROR THE STENT GRAFT MOVED UP AND WAS DEPLOYED 3 CM FARTHER THAN INTENDED. NO INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED TO BE DONE. THERE WAS A SLIGHT PROXIMAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK THAT WAS LEFT UNTREATED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROOM TO PLACE AN AORTIC CUFF. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
41689 ENDURANT II ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC IRELAND V01085550

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1