FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MAVERICK OVER-THE-WIRE PTCA CATHETER

MDR report key: 1221534 · Received November 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
2134265-2008-04227
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 5, 2008
Date of Event
October 15, 2008
Report Date
October 15, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
LOX
PMA / PMN Number
P030025
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINT DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED THEREFORE, PRODUCT ANALYSIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE. WITHOUT AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THE REPORTED EVENT AND INSPECT THE DEVICE FOR POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OR ANOMALY IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THE REPORTED BATCH #. THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND NO ISSUES OR DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. THIS RECORDS REVIEW CONFIRMS THAT THE DEVICE MET ALL MATERIAL, ASSEMBLY, AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS COMPLAINT IS OPERATIONAL CONTEXT, DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANATOMICAL AND OR PROCEDURAL FACTORS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE PROCEDURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION, A BALLOON RUPTURE OCCURRED. THE LESION WAS LOCATED IN A SEVERELY CALCIFIED AND SEVERELY TORTUOUS PROXIMAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY. A 1.5X15MM MAVERICK BALLOON WAS INFLATED AND RUPTURED AT 10 ATM'S. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER MAVERICK BALLOON. NO PT COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED. PT STATUS IS SATISFACTORY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MAVERICK OVER-THE-WIRE PTCA CATHETER LOX CATHETERS, TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, PERCUTANEOUS LOX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 15/1.5 8635840

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1