FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ECLIPSE FILTER SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2994030 · Received March 5, 2013

Report

Report Number
2994030
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 5, 2013
Date of Event
December 28, 2012
Report Date
March 5, 2013
Manufacturer
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Product Code
DTK
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND MORBIDLY OBESE, WITH UPCOMING SURGERIES. THEREFORE, AN IVC FILTER ORDERED FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC PROPHYLAXIS.IMAGING OF FILTER SHOWED FILTER TO BE TILTED TO PATIENT'S RIGHT, PLACING THE FILTER APEX IN CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT LATERAL CAVAL WALL. FIBROUS CAP WAS PRESENT OVER THE FILTER HOOK. THERE WAS A MID-SHAFT LEG FRACTURE IN THE FILTER THAT WAS PRESENT ON CT SCAN FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR. FILTER FRAGMENT WAS IDENTIFIED OVER THE RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN. FILTER WAS REMOVED USING A LOOP SNARE TECHNIQUE. NO ADDITIONAL FILTER FRACTURES WERE IDENTIFIED. NO EVIDENCE OF THROMBUS IN THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC), IVC FILTER OR VISUALIZED ON THE INITIAL IVC-GRAM.======================MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR IVC FILTER, IVC FILTER (PER SITE REPORTER).======================NO RESPONSE AT THIS TIME.WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED PROCEDURE?PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND MORBIDLY OBESE, WITH UPCOMING SURGERIES. THEREFORE, AN IVC FILTER ORDERED FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC PROPHYLAXIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
93703 ECLIPSE FILTER SYSTEM FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR DTK BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR