FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SPECTRANETICS TURBO ELITE LASER ABLATION CATHETER

MDR report key: 6114612 · Received November 18, 2016

Report

Report Number
1721279-2016-10170
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 18, 2016
Date of Event
October 27, 2016
Report Date
October 27, 2016
Manufacturer
SPECTRANETICS
Product Code
MCW
PMA / PMN Number
K071227
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS (B)(6) MALE WAS BEING TREATED FOR CORONARY IN-STENT RE-STENOSIS OF APPROX. 195 CM., IN THE MID-LAD. THE PHYSICIAN SELECTED A SPECTRANETICS TURBO ELITE CATHETER FOR THE PROCEDURE. (THE TURBO ELITE HAS BEEN APPROVED TO TREAT RE-STENOTIC LESIONS OF THE PERIPHERAL VASCULATURE). THE PHYSICIAN HAD DIFFICULTY LASING OVER THE WIRE, THERE WAS PROLAPSE INTO A DIAGONAL VESSEL AND A PERFORATION OCCURRED. A PERICARDIAL WINDOW WAS PERFORMED AND THE INJURY REPAIRED. APPROX. 3 HOURS LATER, THE INJURY REOPENED WHICH NECESSITATED INTERVENTION. THE PATIENT DID NOT SURVIVE THE INTERVENTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
763444 SPECTRANETICS TURBO ELITE LASER ABLATION CATHETER TURBO ELITE MCW SPECTRANETICS 410-154 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Death SPECTRANETICS ANGIOSCULPT PTCA| SPECTRANETICS CVX-300 LASER SYSTEM