COUPLER
Received Oct 15, 2025
Report 1416980-2025-05065 · MDR key 23296870
Device
Generic name
Device, Anastomotic, Microvascular
Manufacturer
Baxter Healthcare CorporationModel number
NICatalog number
NI
Lot number
NI
Product problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
Patient
NA · Unknown
- Stenosis
- Stenosis
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
DURING A SURVEY, AN UNSPECIFIED HEALTHCARE WORKER RESPONDED THAT DURING THE ANASTOMOSIS OF VEINS AND ARTERIES IN MICRO-SURGICAL AND/OR VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTIVE PROCEDURE WITH A COUPLER OR UP TO 12 WEEKS POST-SURGICAL THAT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF STENOSIS WAS NOTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESPONDENT STATED, ¿MINOR HARM¿ AND ¿REVISED¿ (NOT FURTHER SPECIFIED). THESE EVENTS LIKELY REQUIRED MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN ORDER TO PRECLUDE PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT. THE RESPONDENT ANSWERED ANONYMOUSLY; THEREFORE, FOLLOW UP INFORMATION WAS NOT ABLE TO BE OBTAINED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED AND THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN; THEREFORE, A DEVICE ANALYSIS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.