HEMASHIELD PLATINUM WOVEN STRAIGHT

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

(4117) BASED ON THE INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE DEVICE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AS IT REMAINED IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT. (4109/213) THE REVIEW OF HISTORICAL DATA INDICATED THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINT WAS REPORTED FOR THE SAME STERILIZATION LOT NUMBER 23L01. (3331/213) THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO NON-CONFORMANCE IN RELATION WITH THE EVENT REPORTED. (4111/3233) FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE PATIENT HISTORY AND THE SURGERY PROCEDURE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EVENT AND DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED INCIDENT. (11) THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. H3 OTHER TEXT : 4117 - THE INVOLVED GRAFT REMAINED IMPLANTED.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED TO INTERVASCULAR THAT DURING AN AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR, AFTER THE IMPLANTATION OF THE GRAFT, BLOOD WAS LEAKING THOUGH THE GRAFT. THE GRAFT WAS WRAPPED WITH SURGICELL PRODUCT, AND THE BLEEDING STOPPED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY. THE SURGERY WAS DELAYED DUE TO TROUBLE SHOOTING AND WRAPPING SURGICELL AROUND GRAFT. PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND MEDICAL HISTORY UNKNOWN. NO OTHER CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS USED. NO MEDICAL FOLLOW UP NEEDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

CORRECTED DATA : ON BLOCK H6, MEDICAL DEVICE PROBLEM CODE "2975" WAS UPDATED TO "2993" FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION. ADDTL MFG NARRATIVE: (4111/3221) SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONTACT THE SURGEON, HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONNAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (3331/213) WATERPERMEABILITY TESTINGS ARE PERFORMED AS PART OF THE STERILIZATION BATCH PRODUCT MANUFACTURING CONTROL. THE RESULTS FOR HEMASHIELD PLATINUM WOVEN PROTHESIS WITH A DIAMETERS < 18MM OF THE STERILIZATION BATCH 23L01 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. IT SHOWS A RESULT WHITHIN THE SPECIFICATIONS AND IT CONCLUDED THAT NO PARTICULAR TREND HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. (4112) THE CASE AND ITS INVESTIGATION HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE MEDICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WHOSE CONCLUSION IS PROVIDED BELOW: "THE MEDICAL HISTORY AND COAGULATION PROFILE OF THE PATIENT, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE BLEEDING INCLUDING A MORE PRECISE LOCATION OR THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SURGEON¿S PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS DEVICE WERE NOT PROVIDED. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY MEDIAL AFFAIRS TO CONTACT THE SURGEON UNSUCCESSFULLY. DUE TO THE LACK OF INFORMATION PROVIDED, AND WITHOUT THE ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE, A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION CANNOT BE REACHED." (4315)THE INVESTIGATION PERFORMED, BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION FINDINGS AND THE MEDICAL REVIEW, DOES NOT LEAD TO A CLEAR CONCLUSION ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED ADVERSE EVENT, DUE TO THE INABILITY TO ANALYZE THE ACTUAL INVOLVED DEVICE AND TO THE LACK OF INFORMATION PROVIDED. (22) IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AS PER THE PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, BLEEDING EVENT IS A POTENTIAL COMPLICATION WHICH MAY OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE USE OF VASCULAR PROSTHESIS.

Description of Event or Problem

COMPLAINT #(B)(4).