Catalog Number M0032072109250 |
Device Problem
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
|
Patient Problems
Death (1802); Intracranial Hemorrhage (1891); Hydrocephalus (3272)
|
Event Date 04/13/2012 |
Event Type
Death
|
Manufacturer Narrative
|
The subject device is not available.
|
|
Event Description
|
It was reported in a post market surveillance case that thrombectomy with the retriever was performed for a cardiogenic occlusion in the basilar artery.The artery did not recanalize.Angioplasty was done with the subject device and hydrocephalus due to intracranial hemorrhage occurred.Cerebral ventricle drainage was performed but the patient died.
|
|
Manufacturer Narrative
|
The device history record review could not be performed because the lot number of the device is not known.The device was not returned for analysis therefore visual inspection and functional testing could not be performed.From the information provided there was no indication that the device was not used as in accordance with the labeling or that this caused or contributed to the reported event.Patient hemorrhage and death are known and anticipated complications to these types of procedures and are noted in the labeling.Therefore, it was determined that the reported event was an anticipated procedural complication.
|
|
Event Description
|
It was reported in a post market surveillance case that thrombectomy with the retriever was performed for a cardiogenic occlusion in the basilar artery.The artery did not recanalize.Angioplasty was done with the subject device and hydrocephalus due to intracranial hemorrhage occurred.Cerebral ventricle drainage was performed but the patient died.
|
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|