BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 3080430 · Received April 24, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    1018233-2013-01484
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 24, 2013
    Report Date
    November 9, 2015
    Manufacturer
    BARD SHANNON LIMITED
    Product Code
    FTL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K070073
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    AL, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY
    Health Professional
    N

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED. THE FINISHED PRODUCT MET ALL SPECS 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. PERFORATION OR LACERATION 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. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT NOT YET RECEIVED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    177538 ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM Mesh, surgical, polymeric FTL BARD SHANNON LIMITED NA HUSD0714

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 60 YR Female Required Intervention