FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PX400 MICROCATHETER

MDR report key: 3160264 · Received June 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2013-00215
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 10, 2013
Date of Event
November 8, 2012
Report Date
November 15, 2012
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
DQY
PMA / PMN Number
K100826
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCLUSION: HEMORRHAGES ARE KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED COMPLICATIONS WITH THESE TYPES OF PROCEDURES AND ARE NOTED IN THE DEVICE LABELING. THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AN ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION. THIS MDR IS ASSOCIATED WITH MDR 3005168196-2013-00418. A PRODUCT PROBLEM FOR THIS EVENT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED WITH MDR 3005168196-2012-00418. THE ADVERSE EVENT IN THIS MDR WAS NOT LINKED TO THIS PATIENT UNTIL (B)(4) 13. DEVICE LOCATION IS UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING TREATMENT TOR COIL EMBOLIZATION OF LEFT ICA ANEURYSM. PX SLIM MICROCATHETER USED TO ACCESS THE ANEURYSM. UPON PLACEMENT OF THREE COILS THE MICROCATHETER WAS KICKED OUT. PHYSICIAN CONTINUED ATTEMPTS AT ACCESSING THE ANEURYSM. HE THEN SAW DYE EXTRAVASATION COMING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF A1, RESULTING IN A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. THE PERFORATED A1 VESSEL AND UNTREATED LOBES OF THE ANEURYSM WERE OCCLUDED WITH SIX MORE COILS, WHICH LEAD TO COMPLETE EMBOLIZATION WITH NO FURTHER EVIDENCE OF DYE EXTRAVASATION. THE PATIENT BECAME VERY SLEEPY AND LETHARGIC. HYDROCEPHALUS WAS NOTED IN HER FRONTAL LOBE SO AN EMERGENT VENTRICULOSTOMY WAS PLACED IN THE RIGHT FRONTAL AREA. SHE WAS THEN INTUBATED AND PLACED ON A VENTILATOR. PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR TWO WEEKS AND RELEASED IN STABLE CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
260584 PX400 MICROCATHETER DQY DQY PENUMBRA, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Hospitalization| L| R