FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VOYAGER NC CORONARY DILATATION CATHETER

MDR report key: 1658704 · Received April 12, 2010

Report

Report Number
2024168-2010-00736
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 12, 2010
Date of Event
March 17, 2010
Report Date
March 18, 2010
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES
Product Code
LOX
PMA / PMN Number
P810046
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE VOYAGER 3.25X20(PART# 1011755-20, LOT# 9091061) IS BEING FILED UNDER A SEPARATE MEDWATCH MFR NUMBER. THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE ISSUE: MATERIAL RUPTURE. TIME OF DEVICE ISSUE: DURING THE PROCEDURE; ADVERSE EVENT: NONE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT TWO VOYAGER BALLOON CATHETERS WERE BEING USED IN THE BYPASS PROXIMAL LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING (LAD) ARTERY. THE VESSEL WAS VIEWED WITH INTRAVASCULAR ULTRA SOUND (IVUS) AND TWO NON-ABBOTT BALLOON CATHETERS WERE ADVANCED, BUT THEY WOULD NOT CROSS. A NON-ABBOTT CUTTING BALLOON WAS ADVANCED AND DID NOT CROSS. A POWERSAIL WAS USED TO DILATE PROXIMAL TO THE LESION SITE IN THE PROXIMAL LAD AND A NON-ABBOTT STENT WAS DEPLOYED IN THE PROXIMAL LAD. A VOYAGER BALLOON CATHETER WAS USED TO PRE-DILATE THE LESION JUST DISTAL TO THE DEPLOYED STENT AND THEN WAS PULLED BACK TO POST DILATE THE STENT; HOWEVER, THE BALLOON RUPTURED. A SECOND VOYAGER WAS USED AND THE SAME RESULT OCCURRED. THE LESION WAS PRE-DILATED AND THEN PULLED BACK TO POST-DILATED THE STENT, AND THE SECOND VOYAGER RUPTURED. THE PRESSURE OF INFLATION FOR THE VOYAGER DEVICES ARE UNK. REPORTEDLY, THERE WERE NO PT EFFECTS. NO ADDITIONAL EVENT OR PT INFO IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VOYAGER NC CORONARY DILATATION CATHETER LOX ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES NA 9091061

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 CYPHER STENT| POWERSAIL BALLOON| FLEXTONE BALLOON CATHETER (2)| VOYAGER 3.25X20 (PART# 1011755-20, LOT# 9091061)