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Wingspan M003WS0350090Recalls & reported problems

Stryker Corporation · Stent System · Class f · Implant

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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
1
Injuries reported
0
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04546540722829), received between Oct 4, 2018 and Oct 4, 2018 — classified as 1 death.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Death1
  • Hyperglycemia1
  • Neurogenic Shock1
  • Respiratory Distress1
  • Stroke/CVA1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • DeathOct 4, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED FOR SLURRED SPEECH AND RIGHT-SIDED WEAKNESS, GAIT DIFFICULTY. MRI SCAN REVEALED SUBACUTE-LOOKING LEFT MEDIAL PONTINE INFARCT. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ANGIOPLASTY AND THEN PLACEMENT OF A FIRST STENT SYSTEM (SUBJECT DEVICE). THEREAFTER AN OVERLAPPING 2ND STENT WAS PLACED. POST DILATION WAS PERFORMED. FINAL PROJECTION DEMONSTRATED GOOD STENT APPOSITION. NO RESIDUAL STENOSIS AND EXCELLENT FLOW TO DISTAL VESSELS. AFTER PROCEDURE, MRI REVEALED LEFT PONS INFARCTION. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF EXPANDING PONTINE INFARCT OVER THE TIME. NEUROLOGICALLY, ON EXAMINATION, IT APPEARED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A LOCKED -IN SYNDROME AND REMAINED ON MECHANICAL VENTILATOR. HE CONTINUED A CARDENE DRIP. HE COULD NOT BE ANTICOAGULATED BECAUSE OF THE BRAIN INJURY. ULTIMATELY, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE EMBOLIC STROKES INVOLVING THE CEREBELLUM AND CEREBRUM. THE PATIENT DEVELOPED CEREBRAL EDEMA AND THEN BRAINSTEM HERNIATION. ALONG WITH THAT. HE DEVELOPED HYPERGLYCEMIA, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) AND NEUROGENIC SHOCK. THE PATIENT DIED 5 DAYS POST PROCEDURE. THE PHYSICIAN ASSESSED THAT THE ADVERSE EVENTS WERE UNLIKELY TO BE RELATED TO THE SUBJECT DEVICE. THE OTHER POSSIBLE CO

    Patient problems: Death; Hyperglycemia; Neurogenic Shock; Respiratory Distress; Stroke/CVA

    MAUDE report 7827945 ↗

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