BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    OPTION IVC FILTER

    MDR report key: 6366326 · Received February 28, 2017

    Report

    Report Number
    1625425-2017-00034
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    February 28, 2017
    Report Date
    February 28, 2017
    Manufacturer
    ARGON MEDICAL DEVICES INC.
    Product Code
    DTK
    PMA / PMN Number
    K133243
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA, 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 NOTICE RECEIVED BY WAY OF A CIVIL ACTION COMPLAINT FILED ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED AND IMPLANTED WITH AN OPTION RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTER ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2013. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, THE PATIENT SUFFERED A PULMONARY EMBOLISM APPROXIMATELY 24 MONTHS LATER, AND AS A RESULT DIED FROM THE PULMONARY EMBOLISM ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2015. ARGON¿S ATTORNEYS ARE ATTEMPTING TO GATHER INFORMATION.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    148600 OPTION IVC FILTER RETRIEVABLE INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER DTK ARGON MEDICAL DEVICES INC. UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Death