FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

AXIUM PLATINUM 3D

MDR report key: 4103317 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
2029214-2014-00544
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
August 21, 2014
Report Date
August 22, 2014
Manufacturer
IRVINE
Product Code
HCG
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AS IT REMAINS IN THE PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TREATMENT OF A NON-RUPTURED BI-LOBED ANEURYSM LOCATED IN THE ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY. THE PATIENT WAS NOT ON DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER THE PROCEDURE. FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT HAD A TRACHEOSTOMY AND DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIOTOMY DUE TO HYDROCEPHALY, PROLONGED, OROTRACHEAL INTUBATION, AND FAILURE IN THE VENTILATOR WEANING. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT COILING EMBOLIZATION TREATMENT. DURING THE PROCEDURE, IT WAS REPORTED THE IMPLANT COIL PREMATURELY DETACHED AS IT WAS ADVANCED INTO THE ANEURYSM WITH APPROXIMATELY 10CM OF THE COIL LEFT. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER THE COIL, BUT IT MOVED TO THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY. A DECREASE IN BLOOD FLOW WAS NOTICED IN THE RIGHT ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY AND THE RIGHT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY. THE COIL COULD NOT BE RECOVERED AND REMAINED INSIDE THE PATIENT. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT EXPIRED. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DUE TO SEPSIS AND HYDROCEPHALY, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF IMPAIRMENT AND ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO RUPTURE OF THE ANEURYSM DURING OR AFTER THE PROCEDURE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
583702 AXIUM PLATINUM 3D DETACHABLE COIL HCG IRVINE QC-8-30-3D 9855294

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Death| S