FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ROTAWIRE FLOPPY GUIDE WIRE

MDR report key: 1811268 · Received August 13, 2010

Report

Report Number
1811268
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 13, 2010
Date of Event
April 22, 2010
Report Date
August 13, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
MCX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
RI, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE ARTERY WAS HIGHLY CALCIFIED AND 100% BLOCKED. THE BLOCKAGE WAS CROSSED WITH A WIRE BUT THE CATHETER WOULD NOT CROSS. A ROTAWIRE FLOPPY GUIDE WIRE WAS INSERTED AND ON THE THIRD PASS OF THE ROTABLATOR, THE WIRE SNAPPED AND THE PROXIMAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY WAS PERFORATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ROTAWIRE FLOPPY GUIDE WIRE GUIDE WIRE, CORONARY, ATHERECTOMY MCX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC * 12919143

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR