BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    OPTION IVC FILTER

    MDR report key: 6332743 · Received February 15, 2017

    Report

    Report Number
    1625425-2017-00023
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    February 15, 2017
    Date of Event
    September 29, 2014
    Report Date
    February 15, 2017
    Manufacturer
    ARGON MEDICAL DEVICES INC.
    Product Code
    DTK
    PMA / PMN Number
    K133243
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND NO IMAGES OR VIDEOS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED OF THE FILTER IN-VIVO, SO THE COMPLAINT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, THIS ISSUE WILL BE REEVALUATED AS NEEDED. PULMONARY EMBOLISM IS ONE OF THE POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS CITED IN THE IFU ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRODUCT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    ACCORDING TO THE NOTICE RECEIVED BY WAY OF A CIVIL ACTION COMPLAINT FILED ON (B)(6) 2016, THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED AND IMPLANTED WITH AN OPTION FILTER ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2014 BY DR. (B)(6) AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER, ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2014 THE PATIENT SUFFERED A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. IT IS ALLEGED THAT, ON (B)(6) 2014, APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AFTER IMPLANT, THE PATIENT DIED AS A RESULT OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND BILATERAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM.¿ ARGON¿S ATTORNEYS ARE ATTEMPTING GATHER INFORMATION.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    116229 OPTION IVC FILTER RETRIEVABLE INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER DTK ARGON MEDICAL DEVICES INC. UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Death