FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2950228 · Received February 6, 2013

Report

Report Number
1018233-2013-00296
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 6, 2013
Report Date
November 18, 2015
Manufacturer
C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON)
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K070073
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED. THE FINISHED PRODUCT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS 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, WHICH MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE; TEMPORARY URINARY RETENTION, BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION, AND VOIDING DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH OVER-CORRECTION/TOO MUCH TENSION PLACED ON THE MESH SLING IMPLANT; PERFORATIONS OR LACERATIONS OF VESSELS, NERVES, BLADDER OR ANY VISCERA, WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING INTRODUCER NEEDLE PASSAGE; TRANSITORY IRRITATION AT THE OPERATIVE WOUND SITE, WHICH MAY ELICIT A FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE THAT LEADS TO INFLAMMATION, INFECTION, OR EROSION OF THE IMPLANT." (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

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

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
50297 ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FTL C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) NA CVRFX039

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Unknown Required Intervention