BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ALIGN R URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 3080445 · Received April 24, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    1018233-2013-01505
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 24, 2013
    Report Date
    May 9, 2019
    Manufacturer
    C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) -1018233
    Product Code
    FTL
    PMA / PMN Number
    K070073
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA, 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 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. PERFORATIONS OR LACERATIONS 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).

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BD REPRESENTS ALL OF THE KNOWN INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. DESPITE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE COMPLAINANT / REPORTER WAS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER PATIENT, PRODUCT, OR PROCEDURAL DETAILS TO BD.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY ALLEGED A DEFICIENCY AGAINST THE DEVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT NOT YET RECEIVED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED CATHETER PROBLEMS, BLACK AND BLUE LABIA AND LOWER GROIN, HIGH POST-VOID RESIDUALS, URINARY RETENTION, REVISION OF MESH, NONSURGICAL INTERVENTIONS AND ONE SURGICAL INTERVENTION, PAIN, INFECTION, AND DYSPAREUNIA RELATED TO THE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PINNACLE PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR KIT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    177515 ALIGN R URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FTL C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) -1018233 NA HUTK0205

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 55 YR Required Intervention