BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    GUNTHER TULIP JUGULAR VENA CAVA FILTER SET

    MDR report key: 6513307 · Received April 21, 2017

    Report

    Report Number
    1820334-2017-00869
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 21, 2017
    Report Date
    May 31, 2017
    Manufacturer
    COOK INC
    Product Code
    DTK
    PMA / PMN Number
    K072240
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    ATTORNEY

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    WILLIAM COOK (B)(4) INITIALLY REPORTED EVENT UNDER MFR REPORT # 3002808486-2016-00739. NEW INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED IDENTIFYING THAT THE PRODUCT WAS A COOK INC. MANUFACTURED DEVICE. (B)(4). THE EVENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED UPON CONCLUSION.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE OR EVALUATE THIS ALLEGED EVENT BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE. COOK WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED WARRANTING SUPPLEMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 C.F.R. 803.56. FILTER PERFORATION OF THE VENA CAVA WALL IS A KNOWN RISK REPORTED IN THE PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. ALSO, PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE DESCRIBES THAT MANIPULATION IN THE AREA OF FILTER PLACEMENT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGES TO THE FILTER CONFIGURATION AND PLACEMENT THEREBY POTENTIALLY INITIATE PERFORATION OF THE VENA CAVA WALL. THERE IS A CURRENT DEBATE IN THE PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN IVC WALL PERFORATION WITH AND WITHOUT CLINICAL SEQUELAE. E.G. FILTER LEGS MAY BE OUTSIDE THE CONTRAST LUMEN ON IMAGING WITHOUT ACTUALLY PERFORATING THE IVC WALL (KNOWN AS TENTING) AND WITH NO CLINICAL SEQUELAE. IN CONTRAST, PERFORATION OF ADJACENT ORGANS IS REPORTED WITH CLINICAL SEQUELAE. 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.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PLAINTIFF ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED AN IMPLANT ON (B)(6) 2009 VIA THE RIGHT INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN DUE TO HISTORY OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PLAINTIFF IS ALLEGING VENA CAVA PERFORATION, DEVICE IS UNABLE TO BE RETRIEVED, PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK .

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    293283 GUNTHER TULIP JUGULAR VENA CAVA FILTER SET DTK FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR DTK COOK INC

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Life Threatening