FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INCLOSE SURGICAL MESH SYSTEM

MDR report key: 843015 · Received April 27, 2007

Report

Report Number
3005501497-2007-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 27, 2007
Date of Event
March 29, 2007
Report Date
April 27, 2007
Manufacturer
ANULEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
k050969
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED AND CONSEQUENTLY NO FURTHER EVAL COULD BE PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE INCLOSE-RM MESH WAS IMPLANTED IN 2006, FOLLOWING A DISCECTOMY PROCEDURE FOR TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS RELATED TO A HERNIATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC AT L3/L4. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE PT EXPERIENCED ACUTE RECURRENCE OF RADICULAR PAIN FOLLOWING A PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSION INCORPORATING A NEW EXERCISE. MRI PERFORMED ON 3/7/07 REVEALED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A RECURRENT HERNIATION. AN EXPLORATORY PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED THREE WEEKS LATER, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS NOTED AS PER THE PHYSICIAN, THAT THE DEVICE HAD EXPULSED. BOTH ANCHOR BANDS REMAINED INTACT AND AFFIXED TO THE MESH, WHICH APPEARED TO BE PROPERLY DEPLOYED AND LATCHED. NO MOTOR DEFICIT WAS OBSERVED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE NERVE ROOT. THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE DEVICE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO ADD'L COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCEDURE AND THE PHYSICIAN WAS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INCLOSE SURGICAL MESH SYSTEM SURGICAL MESH, POLYMERIC FTL ANULEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC INCLOSE-RM P060204

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 84 YR Required Intervention