FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RX ACCULINK CAROTID STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 924471 · Received October 8, 2007

Report

Report Number
3004742046-2007-00306
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 8, 2007
Report Date
September 13, 2007
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS
Product Code
NIM
PMA / PMN Number
P040012
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ATTACHMENT: NIKOLAS SARATZIS, ET AL. CAROTID ARTERY STENT PLACEMENT WITH EMBOLIC PROTECTION: SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE. J VASC INTERV RADIOL 2007; 18:337-342. THE DEVICE IS NOT RETURNING. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT IDENTIFIED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. (SEE SCANNED PAGES).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: NONE. SYMPTOMS/AE: MINOR NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS. TIME OF SYMPTOMS: POSTOPERATIVELY. THE FOLLOWING EVENT WAS NOTED DURING LITERATURE REVIEW: A PATIENT EXPERIENCED REVERSIBLE MINOR NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS DESCRIBED AS MOTOR ARM DEFICIT AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR CLOSE SURVEILLANCE UNTIL THE NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS HAD COMPLETELY RESOLVED. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS ON THE CT SCAN OF THE BRAIN AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ONE WEEK LATER. NO ISSUES WITH THE DEVICES WERE REPORTED. THOUGH REQUESTED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RX ACCULINK CAROTID STENT SYSTEM NIM ABBOTT VASCULAR-VASCULAR SOLUTIONS NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 YR Hospitalization 8-F GUIDING CATHETER (VIKING)| ATROPINE| RX ACCUNET| HEPARIN| 8-F SHEATH (AXCESS)| POST DILATION| BALLOONS 5-6 MM IN DIA 20 MM LONG (GUIDANT)