FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

TRANSFORM SUPER COMPLIANT 4MM X 7MM

MDR report key: 6149801 · Received December 6, 2016

Report

Report Number
3008881809-2016-00293
Event Type
Death
Date Received
December 6, 2016
Date of Event
November 11, 2016
Report Date
February 27, 2017
Manufacturer
STRYKER NEUROVASCULAR CORK
Product Code
MJN
UDI-DI
07613327004694
PMA / PMN Number
K122576
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW CONFIRMS THAT THE DEVICE MET ALL MATERIAL, ASSEMBLY AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. THE SUBJECT DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; THEREFORE, PHYSICAL AS WELL AS A FUNCTIONAL TESTING COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. HOWEVER, PATIENT VESSEL PERFORATION, PATIENT DEATH, PATIENT HEMORRHAGE, PATIENT ANEURYSM BURST ARE KNOWN RISK ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES AND NOTED AS SUCH IN THE DEVICE DIRECTIONS FOR USE (DFU). THEREFORE, AN ASSIGNABLE CAUSE OF ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS IS THE FIRST OF 2 REPORTS. SUBJECT DEVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING COIL EMBOLIZATION OF A LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY (ICA) UNRUPTURED ANEURYSM, AFTER PLACING A FIRST COIL UNEVENTFULLY IN THE ANEURYSM, ¿THE PHYSICIAN WAS NOT SURE IF THE COIL WAS HERNIATING INTO THE VESSEL¿. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WITH AN OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER (SUBJECT DEVICE) WAS PERFORMED IN ORDER TO PUSH BACK THE HERNIATED COIL PART INTO THE ANEURYSM. THE PHYSICIAN INFLATED THE BALLOON FOR 30 SECONDS AND THE DISTAL ICA OR THE ANEURYSM RUPTURED LEADING TO HEMORRHAGE. BLOOD FLOW DISTAL TO THE RUPTURED WAS BLOCKED. THE PATIENT EXPIRED DUE TO BLEEDING. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE VESSEL RUPTURE WAS RELATED TO THE BALLOON INFLATION AND THE PATIENT DEATH WAS RELATED TO THE BALLOON INFLATION AND THE PATIENT¿S VASCULATURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING COIL EMBOLIZATION OF A LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY (ICA) UNRUPTURED ANEURYSM, AFTER PLACING A FIRST COIL UNEVENTFULLY IN THE ANEURYSM, ¿THE PHYSICIAN WAS NOT SURE IF THE COIL WAS HERNIATING INTO THE VESSEL¿. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WITH AN OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER (SUBJECT DEVICE) WAS PERFORMED IN ORDER TO PUSH BACK THE HERNIATED COIL PART INTO THE ANEURYSM. THE PHYSICIAN INFLATED THE BALLOON FOR 30 SECONDS AND THE DISTAL ICA OR THE ANEURYSM RUPTURED LEADING TO HEMORRHAGE. BLOOD FLOW DISTAL TO THE RUPTURED WAS BLOCKED. THE PATIENT EXPIRED DUE TO BLEEDING. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE VESSEL RUPTURE WAS RELATED TO THE BALLOON INFLATION AND THE PATIENT DEATH WAS RELATED TO THE BALLOON INFLATION AND THE PATIENT¿S VASCULATURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
798679 TRANSFORM SUPER COMPLIANT 4MM X 7MM CATHETER, INTRAVASCULAR OCCLUDING, TEMPORARY MJN STRYKER NEUROVASCULAR CORK 19072511 07613327004694

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Death| O TARGET COIL (STRYKER)