BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 3080466 · Received April 24, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    1018233-2013-01504
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 24, 2013
    Report Date
    November 30, 2017
    Manufacturer
    C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) -1018233
    Product Code
    FTL
    UDI-DI
    00801741016219
    PMA / PMN Number
    K070073
    Removal / Correction Number
    NA
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    GA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY
    Health Professional
    N

    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).

    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.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    177569 ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM Mesh, surgical, polymeric FTL C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) -1018233 NA HUTB1970 00801741016219

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 44 YR Female Required Intervention ESSURE| VENTRALEX HERNIA PATCH