COOK CELECT® PLATINUM NAVALIGN UNISET VENA CAVA FILTER SET
Report
- Report Number
- 3002808486-2016-00658
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- July 5, 2016
- Report Date
- May 3, 2019
- Manufacturer
- WILLIAM COOK EUROPE
- Product Code
- DTK
- PMA / PMN Number
- K121629
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- MS, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
Narratives
EXEMPTION NUMBER E2016032. WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS (MANUFACTURER) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI) (IMPORTER). MANUFACTURER REF# (B)(4). (B)(4). G1) NAME AND ADDRESS FOR IMPORTER SITE: COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI) 400 DANIELS WAY BLOOMINGTON, IN 47404 REGISTRATION NO.: 3005580113. THE EVENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED UPON CONCLUSION. THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA UNDER 21 CFR PART 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. NEITHER THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT NOR ANY STATEMENT MADE IN IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT ANY COOK DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONED; THAT A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED; OR THAT ANY COOK DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO; OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED.
INVESTIGATION IS REOPENED DUE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE REPORTED ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN FURTHER INVESTIGATED BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE. FILTER TILT HAS BEEN REPORTED. POTENTIAL CAUSES MAY INCLUDE FILTER PLACEMENT IN IVCS WITH DIAMETERS LARGER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE; IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT; MANIPULATIONS NEAR AN IMPLANTED FILTER (E.G., A SURGICAL OR ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE IN THE VICINITY OF A FILTER); AND (OR) A FAILED RETRIEVAL ATTEMPT. EXCESSIVE FILTER TILT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFICULT OR FAILED RETRIEVAL; VENA CAVA WALL PENETRATION/PERFORATION; AND (OR) RESULT IN LOSS OF FILTER EFFICIENCY. POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: UNACCEPTABLE FILTER TILT. A FILTER THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE WALL OF THE IVC MAY BE DIFFICULT TO RETRIEVE. FOR ALL RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS, RETRIEVAL BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WITH TIME, AND THIS IS COMMONLY DUE TO ENCAPSULATION OF THE FILTER LEGS OR HOOK (IN A TILTED FILTER) BY TISSUE INGROWTH. THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA UNDER 21 CFR PART 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. NEITHER THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT NOR ANY STATEMENT MADE IN IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT ANY COOK DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONED; THAT A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED; OR THAT ANY COOK DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO; OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. EXEMPTION NUMBER E2016032. WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS (MANUFACTURER) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI) (IMPORTER). G1) NAME AND ADDRESS FOR IMPORTER SITE: COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI), 400 DANIELS WAY, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47404, REGISTRATION NO.: 3005580113.
THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED ON 02/14/2017 AS FOLLOWS: THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED THE DEVICE IMPLANT ON (B)(6) 2014 AS PROPHYLAXIS FOR PE DUE TO MILD PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGIC CONVERSION OF PREVIOUS CVA. PATIENT ALLEGEDLY HAD PRIOR HISTORY OF PE AND CVA, AND HAD BEEN TAKING ANTICOAGULANT. ANTICOAGULANT WAS STOPPED AND FILTER IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT IS ALLEGING DEVICE IS UNABLE TO BE RETRIEVED.
PER ABDOMINAL/PELVIC CT, DATED (B)(6) 2017, "IVC FILTER APPEARS TILTED WITH THE TIP AGAINST THE ANTERIOR WALL, NOT LIKELY TO BE RETRIEVABLE." PER OPERATIVE REPORT, DATED (B)(6) 2017, "THE FILTER WAS TILTED ANTERIORLY, AND ON CT SCAN APPEARED TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE ANTERIOR WALL OF THE IVC. THERE WAS NO THROMBUS WITHIN THE IVC FILTER. SUCCESSFUL IVC FILTER REMOVAL."
MANUFACTURER REF# (B)(4). CATALOG # UNKNOWN AS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED BUT COULD BE A GUNTHER TULIP MREYE, GUNTHER TULIP VENA CAVA FILTER, COOK CELECT VENA CAVA FILTER OR COOK CELECT PLATINUM. SINCE CATALOG# IS UNKNOWN THE 510(K) COULD BE EITHER K000855, K032426, K061815, K073374, K090140, K112119, K121057 OR K121629. INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
EXEMPTION NUMBER E2016032. (B)(4). IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE OR EVALUATE THIS ALLEGED EVENT BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE VIA THE OPERATIVE NOTE STATING: "THE PATIENT IS ALLEGING DEVICE IS UNABLE TO BE RETRIEVED". COOK WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED WARRANTING SUPPLEMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 C.F.R. 803.56. FILTER RETRIEVAL IS OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT. THIS IS WELL-KNOWN FROM PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE WHERE FILTER RETRIEVALS ARE REFERRED TO AS SIMPLE VS. COMPLEX. SEVERAL CASE REPORTS PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE DESCRIBE COMPLEX CASES WITH SUCCESSFUL ENDOVASCULAR FILTER RETRIEVALS USING ADDITIONAL, ADVANCED TECHNIQUES. NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS DEVICE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND NOTHING INDICATES THAT THE FILTER DID NOT PERFORM AS INTENDED, E.G. INTENDED FOR THE PREVENTION OF RECURRENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) VIA PLACEMENT IN THE VENA CAVA.
(B)(4). LOT#: IGTCFS-65-1-UNI-CELECT-PT. ACCORDING TO DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS, BASED ON THE LOT NUMBER PROVIDED, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS DEVICE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS OR THAT THE FILTER DID NOT PERFORM AS INTENDED, E.G., THE PREVENTION OF RECURRENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) VIA PLACEMENT IN THE VENA CAVA IN THE SITUATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE IFU. IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR EVALUATE THIS EVENT BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE. COOK WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVING WARRANTING SUPPLEMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 C.F.R. 803.56.
(B)(4). LOT#: IGTCFS-65-1-UNI-CELECT-PT. INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN PROGRESS
DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO SHORT FORM COMPLAINT FILED: IT IS ALLEGED THAT "[PT] RECEIVED A IVC FILTER." PATIENT OUTCOME: IT IS ALLEGED THAT [PT] WAS INJURED WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT YET PROVIDED.
DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO SHORT FORM COMPLAINT FILED: IT IS ALLEGED THAT "[PT] RECEIVED A IVC FILTER". PATIENT OUTCOME: IT IS ALLEGED THAT [PT] WAS INJURED WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT YET PROVIDED.
DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO SHORT FORM COMPLAINT FILED: IT IS ALLEGED THAT "[PT] RECEIVED A IVC FILTER." PATIENT OUTCOME: IT IS ALLEGED THAT [PT] WAS INJURED WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT YET PROVIDED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423054 | COOK CELECT® PLATINUM NAVALIGN UNISET VENA CAVA FILTER SET | DTK FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR | DTK | WILLIAM COOK EUROPE |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life Threatening |