MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC IRELAND VENA SEAL CLOSURE SYSTEM; AGENT, OCCLUDING, VASCULAR, PERMANENT

Model Number VS-402

Device Problems Fracture (1260); Material Deformation (2976)

Patient Problems No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)

Event Date 10/07/2020

Event Type  malfunction  

Manufacturer Narrative

If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.

Event Description

Physician was attempting to use venaseal occluding device during procedure to treat a segment in the great saphenous vein (gsv).The lumen was flushed prior to use.Ifu was followed.A guidewire was used for the insertion of the catheter.It was reported that after plugging 5cm of the sfj and holding for 3 minutes, physician pulled back to continue treatment and the white catheter snapped near the gun as it was pulled back.The catheter just snapped and did not fully detach.Physician pulled the catheter out, accessed again and used another venaseal kit to complete the rest of the vein.No intervention or additional treatment was required.No vessel damage was noted.There was no patient injury reported.

Manufacturer Narrative

Additional information: the catheter snapped on portion outside the patient.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.

Manufacturer Narrative

Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.

• Brand Name: VENA SEAL CLOSURE SYSTEM
• Type of Device: AGENT, OCCLUDING, VASCULAR, PERMANENT
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC IRELAND; parkmore business park west; galway
• MDR Report Key: 10770056
• MDR Text Key: 214151823
• Report Number: 9612164-2020-04189
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: PJQ
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00643169986268
• UDI-Public: 00643169986268
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• PMA/PMN Number: P140018
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: company representative,health
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup,Followup
• Report Date: 03/19/2021

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 02/28/2022
• Device Model Number: VS-402
• Device Catalogue Number: VS-402
• Device Lot Number: 58901
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Initial Date Manufacturer Received: 10/12/2020
• Initial Date FDA Received: 11/02/2020
• Supplement Dates Manufacturer Received: 11/02/2020; 03/19/2021
• Supplement Dates FDA Received: 11/04/2020; 03/19/2021
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1