FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ROTALINK BURR

MDR report key: 11206884 · Received January 21, 2021

Report

Report Number
2134265-2021-00378
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 21, 2021
Date of Event
November 16, 2020
Report Date
January 20, 2021
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
MCX
UDI-DI
08714729185864
PMA / PMN Number
P900056
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE EVALUATED BY MFR: THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THE SHEATH, COIL, BURR AND ANNULUS WERE MICROSCOPICALLY AND VISUALLY EXAMINED. VISUAL AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION REVEALED NO DAMAGES. DEVICE TO DEVICE INTERACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED BY INSERTING A TEST GUIDEWIRE INTO THE BURR CATHETER AND IT WAS UNABLE TO PASS THROUGH. THE COIL WAS CUT OPEN AND A FIBROUS MATERIAL WAS FOUND INSIDE. INSPECTION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE DEVICE PRESENTED NO OTHER DAMAGE OR IRREGULARITIES. PRODUCT ANALYSIS FOUND DAMAGE AN UNKNOWN FOREIGN MATTER INSIDE THE COIL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REPORTABLE BASED ON DEVICE ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON 07JAN2021. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE GUIDEWIRE COULD NOT CROSS THE CONNECTION PART BETWEEN THE ADVANCER AND BURR. THE TARGET LESION WAS LOCATED IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY. A 1.25MM ROTALINK BURR WAS SELECTED FOR USE. DURING PROCEDURE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GUIDEWIRE COULD NOT CROSS THE CONNECTION PART BETWEEN THE ADVANCER AND BURR. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AND PATIENT WAS STABLE POST PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, DEVICE ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT A FIBROUS MATERIAL WAS FOUND INSIDE THE COIL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
107088 ROTALINK BURR CATHETER, CORONARY, ATHERECTOMY MCX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 3320 0023324075 08714729185864

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR