FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HEMASHIELD MICROVEL DOUBLE VELOUR GRAFT

MDR report key: 86450 · Received April 22, 1997

Report

Report Number
2242352-1997-00037
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 22, 1997
Date of Event
March 15, 1997
Report Date
March 27, 1997
Manufacturer
MEADOX MEDICALS, DIV. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Product Code
MAL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NI
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A RETURNED, UNUSED PORTION OF THE IMPLANTED GRAFT WAS EVALUATED BY OUR CONSULTING PATHOLOGIST. CODE 86: THE MFG BATCH RECORDS FOR THE DEVICE WERE REVIEWED. CODE 100: THE BATCH RECORDS WERE NOT ATYPICAL - ONE SIMILAR INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED AGAINST THIS BATCH. GROSS DESCRIPTION: RECEIVED IN FORMALIN IS A SEGMENT OF DACRON VASCULAR GRAFT WHICH MEASURES 6.9CM IN LENGTH BY 1.0CM IN DIAMETER. THE DACRON VASCULAR GRAFT IS CRIMPED. NO BLOOD OR TISSUE ELEMENTS ARE IDENTIFIED. REP. SECTIONS ARE EMBEDDED UNDER MD-957 AND MD-958. MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION: AN INTACT DACRON VASCULAR GRAFT WITH COATING IS IDENTIFIED. THE COLLAGEN COATING IS INTACT ON THE LUMINAL SURFACE AND PERIADVENTITIAL SURFACE OF THE VASCULAR GRAFT. COLLAGEN COATING IS PRESENT WITHIN THE INTERSTICES OF THE VASCULAR GRAFT. NO BLOOD OR TISSUE COMPONENTS ARE IDENTIFIED. SUMMARY: AN INTACT DACRON VASCULAR GRAFT WITH INTACT COLLAGEN COATING IS IDENTIFIED. NO BLOOD OR TISSUE COMPONENTS ARE IDENTIFIED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AFTER PERFORMING THE PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS AND DECLAMPING THE ARTERY, THE GRAFT LEAKED APPROXIMATELY 150CC OF BLOOD FROM ITS WALLS OVER A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 MINUTES. THE GRAFT WAS LEFT IN. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION IS GOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HEMASHIELD MICROVEL DOUBLE VELOUR GRAFT Implant SEALED VASCUALR GRAFT MAL MEADOX MEDICALS, DIV. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. 095308 106153

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NO INFO Other