FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACS HI-TORQUE FLOPPY II

MDR report key: 165478 · Received April 28, 1998

Report

Report Number
MW1013681
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 28, 1998
Date of Event
April 21, 1998
Report Date
April 28, 1998
Manufacturer
GUIDANT CORP. ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Product Code
DQX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURE WITH STENT PLACEMENT A .014 FLOPPY TIP GUIDE WIRE WAS UTILIZED. WHEN THE ABOVE FLOPPY TIP GUIDE WIRE WAS PLACED THROUGH THE STENT IT BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE STENT AND A PORTION OF THE GUIDE WIRE BROKE OFF IN THE STENT. THIS WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PT'S EMERGENT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT PROCEDURE. THIS REPORT IS JUST AN "FYI" THAT OCCURRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACS HI-TORQUE FLOPPY II Implant COATED GUIDE WIRE DQX GUIDANT CORP. ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS 0.014 8011351

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR Other 3.0 HC COBRA STENT