| Model Number |
800SR40 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size (1583)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
12/13/2016
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Analysis: the device has not been received for analysis.Without the receipt of the product, no definitive conclusion can be made regarding the clinical observation.Conclusion: surgeons often attempt to repair mitral valves in lieu of replacing them due to improved long term clinical outcomes.There are times when a valve repair is attempted using an annuloplasty device and subsequent post repair evaluation demonstrates an inadequate results.This is often due to suboptimal anatomy, surgical technique, or inappropriate sizing, and not a malfunction of the device.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.
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Event or Problem Description
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Medtronic received additional information from this physician that this device was implanted and explanted in the same procedure because the ring was too small.The device was replaced with another annuloplasty ring.There were no ring related problems, and no other adverse patient effects were reported.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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