FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GELWEAVE

MDR report key: 9985167 · Received April 22, 2020

Report

Report Number
9612515-2020-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 22, 2020
Date of Event
March 24, 2020
Report Date
April 30, 2020
Manufacturer
VASCUTEK LTD
Product Code
DSY
UDI-DI
05037881107639
PMA / PMN Number
K952293
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

MANUFACTURERS NARRATIVE: SECTION H6 CONCLUSION CODE - 67 - NO PROBLEM FOUND - AS NO DEVICE OR DIAGNOSTIC SCAN DATA WAS RETURNED AND NO ISSUES FOUND WITH REGARDS TO THE ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION RECORDS, NO ROOT CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. VASCUTEK LTD. NOW CONSIDERS THIS COMPLAINT CLOSED. FURTHER ACTION IS NOT PLANNED, HOWEVER THE ISSUE WILL BE TRACKED AND TRENDED AS PART OF THE ON-GOING COMPLAINTS TRENDING AND REPORTING PROCESS AND IF AN ADVERSE TREND DEVELOP, ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THAT TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ORIGINAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: ON THE 26-MAR-20 VASCUTEK LTD. RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM OUR DISTRIBUTOR (TERUMO FRANCE): THE EVENT WAS REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN AORTO BI-FEMORAL BYPASS PROCEDURE AND A GELWEAVE EXTRA LONG BIFURCATE DEVICE WAS USED. THE PATIENT SUFFERED IMMEDIATE THROMBOSIS. INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED (UNKNOWN TYPE). THE PATIENT WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO INTENSIVE CARE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, AND DURING THE NIGHT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH AN INCOMPLETE ACUTE ISCHEMIA OF THE RIGHT LOWER LIMB. DOPPLER IMAGING CONFIRMED AN OCCLUSION IN THE RIGHT LEG. INTERVENTION PERFORMED. SURGICAL APPROACH MADE AT THE LEVEL OF THE RIGHT SCARPA. THE FOGARTY BRINGS BACK A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF FRESH THROMBUS. ARTERIOGRAPHY SHOWS THROMBUS WITHIN THE BODY OF THE PROSTHESIS AND IN THE LEFT LEG. THE LAPAROTOMY IS REDONE AS WELL AS THE LEFT SCARPA. AORTIC CLAMPING, UPON OPENING OF THE AORTIC ANASTOMOSIS; THE BODY OF THE PROSTHESIS IS THE SEAT OF AN ADHERENT THROMBUS WHICH IS REMOVED WITH FORCEPS. FOGARTY COMPLEMENTARY IN THE 2 LEGS AND THE DEEP FEMORALS. CLOSURE OF THE SURGICAL ACCESS WAS COMPLETED. FAVORABLE EVOLUTION THEN AND DOPPLER CONTROL FINDING NO RESIDUAL THROMBUS AND A NORMAL PERMEABILITY OF THE PROSTHESIS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON THE (B)(6) 2020 VASCUTEK LTD. RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM OUR DISTRIBUTOR ((B)(6): A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN AORTO BI-FEMORAL BYPASS PROCEDURE AND A GELWEAVE EXTRA LONG BIFURCATE DEVICE WAS USED. THE PATIENT SUFFERED IMMEDIATE THROMBOSIS. INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED (UNKNOWN TYPE). THE PATIENT WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO INTENSIVE CARE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
450563 GELWEAVE GELWEAVE EXTRA LONG BIFURCATE DSY VASCUTEK LTD GELWEAVE 17851676 - 2384 05037881107639

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Required Intervention