FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COOK CELECT FEMORAL VENA CAVA FILTER SET

MDR report key: 3062896 · Received April 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
3002808486-2013-00007
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 12, 2013
Date of Event
March 14, 2013
Report Date
February 8, 2018
Manufacturer
WILLIAM COOK EUROPE
Product Code
DTK
PMA / PMN Number
K073374
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EXPIRATION DATE: UNKNOWN AS LOT# IS UNKNOWN. SPECIFIC DATE UNKNOWN AS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDE EXCEPT FOR THE YEAR 2007. DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE UNKNOWN AS LOT# IS UNKNOWN. INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN PROGRESS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH HEART PALPITATIONS AND ABDOMINAL PAIN TO CLINIC ON (B)(6) 2013. PATIENT CLAIMED SYMPTOMS HAD BEEN TROUBLING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BUT DECIDED TO SEE A PHYSICIAN ON (B)(6) 2013. IT IS ALLEGED THAT ABDOMINAL CT REVEALED FRACTURED FILTER WITH PIECES THAT HAD MIGRATED. A VENOGRAM ON (B)(6) 2013 REVEALED A LEG OF THE FILTER LODGED IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE AND AN ARM WAS DISCOVERED IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY, ALSO ANOTHER LEG HAD FRACTURED AND ACTUALLY SHIFTED BELOW THE ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OF FILTER. THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT APPROACHES AT RETRIEVAL OF THE LEG IN THE PATIENT'S VENTRICLE AND THE FILTER ITSELF. THE FILTER WAS PLACED ORIGINALLY AT THIS SAME FACILITY IN 2007. IT IS ALLEGED THAT ALL ATTEMPTS TO RETRIEVE THE DEVICE AND ITS PIECES WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR EP/CARDIOLOGY TO WATCH SYMPTOMS AND CONTEMPLATE OPEN SURGERY TO REMOVE THE PIECE IN THE PATIENT'S HEART.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
157555 COOK CELECT FEMORAL VENA CAVA FILTER SET DTK FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR DTK WILLIAM COOK EUROPE E2097782

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Female Required Intervention| L