ALIGN® TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - HOOK + HALO
Report
- Report Number
- 1018233-2013-02478
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 20, 2013
- Report Date
- December 19, 2016
- Manufacturer
- BARD SHANNON LIMITED
- Product Code
- OTN
- PMA / PMN Number
- K070073
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- GA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
Narratives
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 REACTIONS: "COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPER IMPLANTATION OF THE ALIGN TO URETHRAL SUPPORT 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).
(B)(4).
(B)(4)
(B)(4). THE PT'S ATTORNEY ALLEGED A DEFICIENCY AGAINST THE DEVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT NOT YET RECEIVED. ASSOCIATED MDRS: 1018233-2013-02479, 1018233-2013-02480 AND 1018233-2013-02481.
PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED FAILURE (FAILURE OF IMPLANT), DISCOMFORT, CONTINUED STRESS INCONTINENCE, PAIN, UNSPECIFIED URINARY PROBLEMS, BLEEDING AND REQUIRED ADDITIONAL SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS.
PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED TRANSIENT POST-OPERATIVE HYPOTENSION DUE TO PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIC PUMP, LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE IN URINE, BLOOD IN URINE (HEMATURIA), STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, OVERACTIVE BLADDER, CYSTOCELE/RECTOCELE (PROLAPSE), INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DYSFUNCTION, URINARY FREQUENCY, NOCTURIA, URINE LEAKAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX DISEASE, PAIN, DISCOMFORT, NEED TO STRAIN TO COMPLETELY EMPTY BLADDER, PELVIC PAIN, TAUGHT/TENDER MESH ARMS BILATERALLY, AND REQUIRED ADDITIONAL SURGICAL AND NON-SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281937 | ALIGN® TO URETHRAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - HOOK + HALO | OTN | BARD SHANNON LIMITED | NA | HUUA0192 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 59 YR | Required Intervention | (B)(4), LOT # HUUA0194| AVAULTA SOLO SYNTHETIC SUPPORT SYSTEM POSTERIOR:| (B)(4)| LOT # 09B05-8| PELVISOFT ACELLULAR COLLAGEN BIOMESH: (B)(4), |