FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AJUST ADJUSTABLE SINGLE INCISION SLING

MDR report key: 3080435 · Received April 24, 2013

Report

Report Number
1018233-2013-01471
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 24, 2013
Report Date
March 25, 2013
Manufacturer
BARD SHANNON LTD
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K092607
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED. THE FINISHED PRODUCT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS 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 AJUST SLING SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: POSTOPERATIVE HEMATOMA, SEROMA, ABSCESS OR FISTULA FORMATION, OR SCARRING WHICH MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE. URINARY RETENTION, BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION AND OTHER VOIDING DYSFUNCTIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH OVER-CORRECTION/TOO MUCH TENSION PLACED ON THE IMPLANT. PERFORATIONS OR LACERATIONS OF VESSELS, NERVES, BLADDER, BOWEL, URETHRA, OR ANY VISCERA, WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING THE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE. IRRITATION AT THE OPERATIVE WOUND SITE WHICH MAY ELICIT A FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE THAT LEADS TO WOUND DEHISCENCE, INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION. EXTRUSION THROUGH VAGINAL EPITHELIUM OR EROSION INTO SURROUNDING VISCERA AND/OR MUCOSA. INFLAMMATION, SENSITIZATION, PAIN, DYSPAREUNIA, SCARIFICATION, CONTRACTION, DEVICE MIGRATION AND FAILURE OF THE PROCEDURE RESULTING IN RECURRENCE OF INCONTINENCE." (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY THAT AS A RESULT OF HAVING THE PRODUCT IMPLANTED TO THE PATIENT HAS SUSTAINED SEVERE AND PERMANENT PAIN, SUFFERING, DISABILITY, IMPAIRMENT, AND SEVERE PHYSICAL INJURIES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
175792 AJUST ADJUSTABLE SINGLE INCISION SLING FTL BARD SHANNON LTD NA HUUF2508

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR Required Intervention RUTNER SUPRAPUBIC BALLOON CATHETER SET