FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ANGIOJET SOLENT PROXI

MDR report key: 8116270 · Received November 29, 2018

Report

Report Number
2134265-2018-63268
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 29, 2018
Date of Event
November 13, 2018
Report Date
November 29, 2018
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
DXE
PMA / PMN Number
K101406
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DIED POST PROCEDURE. A SOLENT PROXI CATHETER AND A 2CM PERIPHERAL CUTTING BALLOON (PCB) WAS SELECTED FOR USE FOR AN ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE IN THE LEFT ARM. THE TARGET LESION WAS STENOSED WITH A CLOT. THE SOLENT PROXI CATHETER WAS USED TO REMOVE THE CLOT. THE PHYSICIAN THEN USED THE PCB TO BALLOON THE GRAFT. THE ANGIOJET CATHETER WAS USED AGAIN. THE PHYSICIAN PERFORMED BALLOONING AGAIN AND WAS CONTINUING THE ANGIOPLASTY WHEN THE PATIENT BEGAN TO CODE. THE PROCEDURE WAS NOT COMPLETED. THE TOTAL AMOUNT ASPIRATED WITH ANGIOJET DURING THE PROCEDURE WAS 425CC. THERE WERE NO DEVICE ISSUES OR DEFECTS NOTED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE A MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM. THE PATIENT DIED. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS UNKNOWN. THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT THINK THAT THE TWO DEVICES CONTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT'S DEATH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
955664 ANGIOJET SOLENT PROXI CATHETER, CONTINUOUS FLUSH DXE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 45032

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death