BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKNOWN

    MDR report key: 8665900 · Received June 4, 2019

    Report

    Report Number
    3002808486-2019-00712
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 4, 2019
    Report Date
    June 20, 2019
    Manufacturer
    WILLIAM COOK EUROPE
    Product Code
    DTK
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TX, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    EXEMPTION NUMBER E2016032. WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS (MANUFACTURER) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI) (IMPORTER). MANUFACTURERS REF# (B)(4). D4) CATALOG# IS UNKNOWN BUT REFERRED TO AS COOK GUNTHER TULIP FILTER. E3) OCCUPATION: NON-HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. G1) NAME AND ADDRESS FOR IMPORTER SITE: COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI) 400 DANIELS WAY BLOOMINGTON, IN 47404. REGISTRATION NO.: 3005580113. IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO INVESTIGATE OR EVALUATE THIS ALLEGED EVENT BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE. COOK WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVING WARRANTING SUPPLEMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 C.F.R. 803.56. THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA UNDER 21 CFR PART 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. NEITHER THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT NOR ANY STATEMENT MADE IN IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT ANY COOK DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONED; THAT A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED; OR THAT ANY COOK DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO; OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    EXEMPTION NUMBER E2016032 . WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS (MANUFACTURER) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI) (IMPORTER). NAME AND ADDRESS FOR IMPORTER SITE: COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED (CMI), 400 DANIELS WAY, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47404, REGISTRATION NO.: 3005580113 . INVESTIGATION: DEVICE CODE(S): APPROPRIATE TERM/CODE NOT AVAILABLE (3191) WAS SELECTED FOR THE REPORTED DEVICE PERFORATION. INVESTIGATION: THE INVESTIGATION WAS REOPENED DUE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED: VENA CAVA PERFORATION, TILT, EMBEDMENT, DEVICE CANNOT BE RETRIEVED, HEAVINESS IN THE CHEST, AND OCCASIONAL PAIN. THE REPORTED ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN FURTHER INVESTIGATED BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DATE. VENA CAVA WALL PENETRATION/PERFORATION HAS BEEN REPORTED AND MAY BE EITHER SYMPTOMATIC OR ASYMPTOMATIC. POTENTIAL CAUSES MAY INCLUDE IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT; AND (OR) EXCESSIVE FORCE OR MANIPULATIONS NEAR AN IN-SITU FILTER (E.G., A SURGICAL OR ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE IN THE VICINITY OF A FILTER). POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: TRAUMA TO ADJACENT STRUCTURES, VASCULAR TRAUMA, VENA CAVA PERFORATION. A FILTER THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE WALL OF THE IVC MAY BE DIFFICULT TO RETRIEVE. FOR ALL RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS, RETRIEVAL BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WITH TIME, AND THIS IS COMMONLY DUE TO ENCAPSULATION OF THE FILTER LEGS OR HOOK (IN A TILTED FILTER) BY TISSUE INGROWTH. PHYSICIAN PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND PUBLISHED GUIDANCE FROM REGULATORY AGENCIES RECOMMEND THAT PATIENTS WITH INDWELLING FILTERS UNDERGO ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP. THE RISKS/BENEFITS OF FILTER RETRIEVAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR EACH PATIENT DURING FOLLOW-UP. ONCE PROTECTION FROM PE IS NO LONGER NECESSARY, FILTER RETRIEVAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. FILTER RETRIEVAL SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED WHEN FEASIBLE AND CLINICALLY INDICATED. FILTER RETRIEVAL IS A PATIENT-SPECIFIC, CLINICALLY COMPLEX DECISION; THE DECISION TO REMOVE A FILTER SHOULD BE BASED ON EACH PATIENT¿S INDIVIDUAL RISK/BENEFIT PROFILE (E.G., A PATIENT¿S CONTINUED NEED FOR PROTECTION FROM PE COMPARED TO THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH AND (OR) ONGOING RISK OF EXPERIENCING FILTER-RELATED COMPLICATIONS). FOR ALL RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS, RETRIEVAL BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WITH TIME, AND THIS IS COMMONLY DUE TO ENCAPSULATION OF THE FILTER LEGS OR HOOK (IN A TILTED FILTER) BY TISSUE INGROWTH. THE FILTER IS DESIGNED TO BE RETRIEVED WITH THE GÜNTHER TULIP VENA CAVA FILTER RETRIEVAL SET. IT MAY ALSO BE RETRIEVED WITH THE CLOVERSNARE® VASCULAR RETRIEVER. COOK HAS NOT PERFORMED TESTING TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY OR EFFECTIVENESS OF FILTER RETRIEVAL USING OTHER RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS OR TECHNIQUES. THE PUBLISHED CLINICAL LITERATURE INCLUDES DESCRIPTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR FILTER RETRIEVAL; USE OF THESE TECHNIQUES VARIES ACCORDING TO PHYSICIAN EXPERIENCE, PATIENT ANATOMY, AND FILTER POSITION. THE SAFETY OR EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE ALTERNATIVE RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. FILTER TILT HAS BEEN REPORTED. POTENTIAL CAUSES MAY INCLUDE FILTER PLACEMENT IN IVCS WITH DIAMETERS LARGER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE; IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT; MANIPULATIONS NEAR AN IMPLANTED FILTER (E.G., A SURGICAL OR ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE IN THE VICINITY OF A FILTER); AND (OR) A FAILED RETRIEVAL ATTEMPT. EXCESSIVE FILTER TILT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFICULT OR FAILED RETRIEVAL; VENA CAVA WALL PENETRATION/PERFORATION; AND (OR) RESULT IN LOSS OF FILTER EFFICIENCY. POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: UNACCEPTABLE FILTER TILT. UNKNOWN IF THE REPORTED HEAVINESS IN THE CHEST, OCCASIONAL PAIN ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FILTER AND UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A CORRESPONDING FAILURE MODE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. CATALOG# AND LOT# ARE UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, THE ALLEGED TULIP IS MANUFACTURED AND INSPECTED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS DEVICE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND NOTHING INDICATES THAT THE FILTER DID NOT PERFORM AS INTENDED, E.G. INTENDED FOR THE PREVENTION OF RECURRENT PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) VIA PLACEMENT IN THE VENA CAVA. COOK WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED WARRANTING SUPPLEMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 21 C.F.R. 803.56. THIS REPORT INCLUDES INFORMATION KNOWN AT THIS TIME. A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA UNDER 21 CFR PART 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. NEITHER THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT NOR ANY STATEMENT MADE IN IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT ANY COOK DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONED, THAT A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED, OR THAT ANY COOK DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    'IT IS ALLEGED THAT "[PT] RECEIVED A COOK GUNTHER TULIP FILTER ON (B)(6) 2014". IT IS ALLEGED THAT [PT] WAS INJURED WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BUT NOT YET PROVIDED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    PATIENT ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED AN IMPLANT ON (B)(6) 2014 VIA THE RIGHT INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN DUE TO DVT (DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS) AND PE (PULMONARY EMBOLISM). PATIENT IS ALLEGING TILT, VENA CAVA PERFORATION, THAT THE DEVICE CANNOT BE RETRIEVED, EMBEDMENT, HEAVINESS IN [THE] CHEST, AND OCCASIONAL PAIN. PER REPORTS FROM CT DATED (B)(6) 2017 AND (B)(6) 2017, "THE FILTER IS TILTED ANTERIORLY WITH ITS CONE LYING ON THE WALL OF THE IVC POSSIBLY EMBEDDED WITHIN IT. THE LEGS OF THE FILTER HAVE PENETRATED THROUGH THE WALL OF THE IVC INTO THE PERICAVAL/MESENTERIC FAT."

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    460560 UNKNOWN DTK FILTER, INTRAVASCULAR, CARDIOVASCULAR DTK WILLIAM COOK EUROPE UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Life Threatening