FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SYSTEM PX400 VELOCITY MICROCATHETER

MDR report key: 3051487 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2013-00136
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
February 11, 2013
Report Date
March 11, 2013
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
DQY
PMA / PMN Number
K100826
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: HEMORRHAGE IS A KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATION WITH THESE TYPES OF PROCEDURES AND IS NOTED IN THE DEVICE LABELING. THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AN ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THIS LOT WERE REVIEWED AND DID NOT REVEAL ANY OUTSTANDING DISCREPANCIES, QUALITY, OR DESIGN CONCERNS. THIS CASE IS RELATED TO 3005168196-2013-00134, AND 3005168196-2013-00135. HOSPITAL DISCARDED DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IMAGING DEMONSTRATED A LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION IN PATIENT. PATIENT WAS SCREENED, CONSENTED AND RANDOMIZED INTO THE SEPARATOR 3D IDE TRIAL (CLP 4853). PATIENT WAS RANDOMIZED TO THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM ARM OF THE TRIAL. THE PHYSICIAN MADE FOUR PASSES WITH THE 5MAX SEPARATOR AND CATHETER AFTER WHICH THERE WAS STILL EVIDENCE OF PERSISTENT OCCLUSION AT THE CAROTID TERMINUS. ONE PASS WAS THEN MADE WITH A SOLITAIRE DEVICE AFTER WHICH THE PHYSICIAN NOTED SOME EXTRAVASATION AND MADE THE DECISION TO TERMINATE THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE OF "POSSIBLE" RELATIONSHIP TO THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
153810 PENUMBRA SYSTEM PX400 VELOCITY MICROCATHETER DQY DQY PENUMBRA, INC. F31300

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR Life Threatening