FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANGIOSCULPT PTA SCORING BALLOON CATHETER

MDR report key: 1872717 · Received October 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005462046-2010-00008
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 8, 2010
Date of Event
September 10, 2010
Report Date
September 10, 2010
Manufacturer
ANGIOSCORE, INC.
Product Code
LIT
PMA / PMN Number
K101735
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RESULTS: VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED CATHETER FOUND THAT THE DISTAL SECTION OF THE SCORING ELEMENT RING WAS MANGLED AND INVERTED AND THERE WAS A FRACTURE OF A SINGLE SCORING ELEMENT STRUT AT THE SCORING ELEMENT RING SECTION. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF BOND DISRUPTION AND DISPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS NECKING AND STRETCHING ON THE DISTAL CATHETER SHAFT. ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER NARRATIVE: THE PRODUCT PROBLEM WAS OBSERVED AFTER THE CATHETER WAS WITHDRAWN. THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVED OCCURENCE OF THIS TYPE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE ANGIOSCULPT WAS APPLIED FOR THE STENOTIC LESION FOUND IN ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS IN HEMODIALYSIS SHUNT. ITS DEGREE OF STENOSIS WAS 85%. THE LESION WAS DILATED FOUR TIMES BY THE ANGIOSCULPT. THE PHYSICIAN CONDUCTED THE DILATIONS AT 8 ATMOSPHERES FOR THE FIRST, AND 14 ATMOSPHERES FOR THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DILATION. AS A RESULT, THE STENOSIS WAS DILATED SUFFICIENTLY. THUS THE PHYSICIAN RETRIEVED THE ANGIOSCULPT. AFTER THE RETRIEVAL, HE RECOGNIZED A PEELING OF THE MATERIAL IN THE DISTAL TIP OF THE ANGIOSCULPT. THE PROCEDURE WAS FINISHED SUCCESSFULLY AND NO ADVERSE EVENT WAS SEEN IN THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANGIOSCULPT PTA SCORING BALLOON CATHETER LIT ANGIOSCORE, INC. 2039-3520 F10040003

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR