FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PENUMBRA SYSTEM JETD REPERFUSION CATHETER

MDR report key: 8373849 · Received February 27, 2019

Report

Report Number
3005168196-2019-00364
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 27, 2019
Date of Event
January 28, 2019
Report Date
January 28, 2019
Manufacturer
PENUMBRA, INC.
Product Code
NRY
UDI-DI
00814548019741
PMA / PMN Number
K090752
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL 510(K)# THAT ALSO APPLIES TO THIS COMPLAINT: K133317. THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. WITHOUT THE RETURN OF THE DEVICE, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THIS LOT WERE REVIEWED AND DID NOT REVEAL ANY OUTSTANDING DISCREPANCIES, DESIGN, OR QUALITY CONCERNS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING A THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE TO TREAT A LESION IN THE P1 SEGMENT OF THE POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY (PCA) USING A PENUMBRA SYSTEM JETD KIT. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT¿S ANATOMY WAS VERY TORTUOUS AND WITH VERY THIN ARTERIES. DURING THE PROCEDURE, WHILE ADVANCING THE PENUMBRA SYSTEM JETD REPERFUSION CATHETER (JETD) THROUGH A NEURON MAX 6F 088 LONG SHEATH (NEURON MAX), THE PHYSICIAN EXPERIENCED RESISTANCE AND WAS UNABLE TO TRACK THE JETD THROUGH THE NON-DOMINANT VERTEBRAL ARTERY DUE TO THE TORTUOSITY OF THE VESSEL. THEREFORE, THE JETD WAS REMOVED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING A NEW JETD AND THE SAME NEURON MAX. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS ANY ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
168100 PENUMBRA SYSTEM JETD REPERFUSION CATHETER NRY NRY PENUMBRA, INC. F86472 00814548019741

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1