FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AXIUM PRIME HELICAL DETACHABLE COIL

MDR report key: 3231899 · Received December 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
2029214-2012-00686
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 6, 2012
Date of Event
November 5, 2012
Report Date
November 5, 2012
Manufacturer
EV3 NEUROVASCULAR
Product Code
HCG
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AS IT WAS IMPLANTED IN THE PT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TREATMENT OF A LARGE INFERIOR CAROTID ARTERY (ICA) ANEURYSM. DURING A BALLOON ASSISTED COILING TREATMENT, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE LAST COIL (15TH COIL) WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE ANEURYSM AND HAD TO BE RE-POSITIONED DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF COILS ALREADY IN THERE AND WAS STRETCHED AND SEPARATED FROM THE PUSHER IN THE PROCESS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PHYSICIAN USED A SOLITAIRE STENT TO PIN THE SEPARATED END OF THE COIL AGAINST THE VESSEL WALL. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED WITH THE PT AS A RESULT OF THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AXIUM PRIME HELICAL DETACHABLE COIL DETACHABLE COIL HCG EV3 NEUROVASCULAR APB-5-20HX-SS 9626639

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention| S