BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    TUFTEX OVER-THE-WIRE EMBOLECTOMY CATHETER

    MDR report key: 18445647 · Received January 4, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    1220948-2024-00007
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 4, 2024
    Date of Event
    June 8, 2023
    Report Date
    January 4, 2024
    Manufacturer
    LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.
    Product Code
    DXE
    UDI-DI
    00840663100750
    PMA / PMN Number
    K022145
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    TW
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR INVESTIGATION. THEREFORE, WE COULD NOT CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED INCIDENT. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PRODUCT, BALLOON RUPTURES ARE AN EXPECTED RISK WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT. AS STATED IN THE IFU: AS WITH ALL CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURES, COMPLICATIONS MAY OCCUR. THESE MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: INFECTION, LOCAL HEMATOMAS, INTIMAL DISRUPTION, ARTERIAL DISSECTION, PERFORATION AND RUPTURE, HEMORRHAGE, ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS, DISTAL EMBOLI OF BLOOD CLOTS OR ARTERIOSCLEROTIC PLAQUE, AIR EMBOLUS, ANEURYSMS, ARTERIAL SPASMS, ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA FORMATION, BALLOON RUPTURE OR TIP SEPARATION WITH FRAGMENTATION AND DISTAL EMBOLIZATION. THE POSSIBILITY OF BALLOON RUPTURE MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CONSIDERING THE RISKS INVOLVED IN THE CATHERIZATION PROCEDURE. OUR REVIEW OF THE LOT HISTORY RECORDS FOR THIS LOT DID NOT FIND ANY DISCREPANCIES EITHER IN THE MANUFACTURING OR PACKAGING PROCESS THAT COULD BE RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT. CAPA 2021-009 WAS PREVIOUSLY OPENED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. NO FURTHER ACTION NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    IT WAS REPORTED THE TUFTTEX BALLOON CAN NOT BE INFLATED IN THE VESSEL. AFTER CHECKING THE CATHETER, IT WAS FOUND RUPTURED. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED TO THE PATIENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    615236 TUFTEX OVER-THE-WIRE EMBOLECTOMY CATHETER OVER-THE-WIRE EMBOLECTOMY CATHETER DXE LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC. QOT1450 00840663100750

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Unknown