FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MARATHON MICRO CATHETER

MDR report key: 3050524 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
2029214-2013-00352
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
March 25, 2013
Report Date
March 26, 2013
Manufacturer
EV3 NEUROVASCULAR
Product Code
DYG
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CATHETER HAS BEEN RETURNED AND EVALUATED. A RUPTURE WAS FOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 6.1CM THE DISTAL TIP. THE CATHETER APPEARS TO HAVE RUPTURED DURING ONYX DELIVERY DUE TO OVER-PRESSURIZATION AS A RESULT OF AN OCCLUSION WITHIN THE CATHETER OR AN UNDETECTED KINK, RESULTING IN PRESSURES EXCEEDING THE LIMITS OF THE CATHETER. CATHETER RUPTURE. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TREATMENT OF AN AVM (ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION). DURING THE INJECTION OF ONYX, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE MARATHON CATHETER SEPARATED WITHOUT ANY ONYX REFLUX. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED WITH THE PATIENT AS A RESULT OF THE PROCEDURE. SAME EVENT AS MDR# 2029214-2013-00353.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
148564 MARATHON MICRO CATHETER FLOW-DIRECTED MICRO CATHETER DYG EV3 NEUROVASCULAR 105-5055 9696474

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Disability