FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

HYPERFORM OCCLUSION BALLOON

MDR report key: 507021 · Received January 16, 2004

Report

Report Number
2029214-2004-00002
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 16, 2004
Report Date
December 16, 2003
Manufacturer
MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Product Code
MJN
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WV, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD A RIGHT MCA STROKE TWO DAYS AFTER LUNG SURGERY, CTA/CT PERFUSION INDICATED A LARGE INFARCT. DUE TO THE PREVIOUS SURGERY, USE OF IV TPA WAS NOT AN OPTION. INTRA-ARTERIAL TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR WAS PLACED IN THE CLOT WITHOUT FLOW. THE RETRIEVAL DEVICE WAS DEPLOYED. FLOW WAS NOT INITIALLY RESTORED, BUT MINIMAL FLOW WAS EVENTUALLY OBSERVED. A GUIDEWIRE AND THE BALLOON CATHETER WERE USED. THE BALLOON WAS INFLATED DURING THE USE. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THAT THE GUIDEWIRE BECAME EXTRALUMINAL AND THE BALLOON FOLLOWED, BUT VISUALIZATION WAS LIMITED DUE TO THE CLOT. FOLLOW-UP ANGIOGRAPHY SHOWED EXTRAVASATION FROM THE VESSEL. THERE WAS NO REPORT THAT THE DEVICE MALFUNCTIONED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYPERFORM OCCLUSION BALLOON OCCLUSION BALLOON MJN MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. 104-4470 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Death TRANSEND-10 GUIDEWIRE.