FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VALIANT

MDR report key: 4181119 · Received October 17, 2014

Report

Report Number
2953200-2014-02106
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 17, 2014
Date of Event
September 11, 2014
Report Date
September 22, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100040
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A VALIANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK. CURRENTLY THERE IS DISEASE PROGRESSION WITH VESSEL DILATATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE IS A DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK PRESENT AND THE MOST DISTAL DEVICE APPEARS TO BE FLOATING WITHIN THE ENLARGED TAA. THE PHYSICIAN WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PATIENT. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT IS FINE. THE FILM REVIEW FROM ONE MONTH AGO REVEALED THAT THE MOST DISTAL DEVICE APPEARS TO BE FLOATING WITHIN THE ENLARGED TAA AND THERE IS A LIKELY DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK. THE MAX DIAMETER TAA IS 8.7CM. THE TALENT CONVERTER IS NOW APPROXIMATELY 4.5CM BELOW THE RENALS, AND A VALIANT CUFF HAS BEEN IMPLANTED TO 1CM BELOW THE LEFT RENAL ARTERY; OVERLAPPING THE CONVERTER. THE MAX AAA DIAMETER IS 5.4CM. IMAGES IMMEDIATELY POST-IMPLANT WERE NOT PROVIDED, BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT THE CAUSE OF THE EVENTS WERE MOST LIKELY DUE TO DISEASE PROGRESSION AND MORPHOLOGY CHANGES. THE REPORTED TYPE III SEPARATION COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
661728 VALIANT SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC IRELAND V03996177

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00072 YR