FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

UNKNOWN_NEUROVASCULAR_PRODUCT

MDR report key: 3972134 · Received July 31, 2014

Report

Report Number
3008853977-2014-00223
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 31, 2014
Date of Event
April 30, 2011
Report Date
July 25, 2014
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MINN
Product Code
NJE
PMA / PMN Number
H050001
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SP
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS, INCLUDING RELEVANT DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS (DHR) COULD NOT BE PERFORMED DUE TO THE WINGSPAN LOT NUMBER WAS NOT REPORTED. THE SUBJECT DEVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE; THEREFORE, ANALYSIS CANNOT BE PERFORMED. FROM THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE REPORTED EVENT IS RELATED TO PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS NONCONFORMANCE OR MISUSE. THERE IS ALSO NO INDICATION THAT THE SUBJECT DEVICE MALFUNCTIONED. HOWEVER, DEATH IS A KNOWN RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH PROCEDURES AND NOTED AS SUCH IN THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU). THEREFORE, A ROOT CAUSE OF ANTICIPATED PATIENT COMPLICATION HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE EVENT. SUBJECT DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN THE JOURNAL OF STROKE AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES THAT THE STENT SYSTEM WAS ADVANCED AND THE STENT WAS DEPLOYED COVERING FOR THE ENTIRE LESION TO TREAT OF AN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE. POST PROCEDURE THE PATIENT DIED, THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NOT REPORTED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE PROCEDURE BETWEEN (B)(6) 2008 AND (B)(6) 2011, THE EXACT DATE OF THE PROCEDURE IS UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
448229 UNKNOWN_NEUROVASCULAR_PRODUCT STENT, INTRACRANIAL NEUROVASCULAR NJE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MINN UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death