FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

POWERLINK SYSTEM

MDR report key: 809382 · Received January 24, 2007

Report

Report Number
2031527-2007-00003
Event Type
Other
Date Received
January 24, 2007
Date of Event
January 16, 2007
Report Date
January 24, 2007
Manufacturer
ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Product Code
MIH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD: REVIEW OF LOT RECORDS/WORK ORDERS, PRIOR REPORTS. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AFTER SUCCESSFUL IMPLANT OF A BIFURCATED DEVICE, THE PT WAS SENT TO RECOVERY. APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS POST IMPLANT, THE PT HAD LOST PULSE IN LEFT LEG. THE LIMB OF THE STENT GRAFT HAD KINKED/THROMBOSED. THE PATIENT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE O.R. WHERE THE PHYSICIAN PERFORMED AN EMBOLECTOMY OF THE LEFT ILIAC. THE LIMB OF THE STENT GRAFT WAS BALLOONED, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE PT'S ANATOMY, WOULD NOT STAY OPENED. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO PLACE A COMPETITOR DEVICE INSIDE THE ENDOLOGIX DEVICE TO KEEP IT OPEN. PATIENT IS DOING WELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 POWERLINK SYSTEM INFRARENAL BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT MIH ENDOLOGIX, INC. 28-16-140BL W06-1199R

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Required Intervention