FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FIBERED IDC OCCLUSION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1998887 · Received February 23, 2011

Report

Report Number
2134265-2011-00299
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 23, 2011
Date of Event
December 9, 2010
Report Date
January 26, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK
Product Code
KRD
PMA / PMN Number
K060078
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). DEVICE EVALUATED BY MFR: VISUAL ANALYSIS REVEALED THE DISPENSER COIL, INTRODUCER SHEATH, PUSHER WIRE AND COIL WERE RETURNED. THE COIL AND PUSHER WIRE WERE INSIDE THE INTRODUCER SHEATH. THE ARMS OF THE PUSHER WIRE AND COIL WERE INTERLOCKED IN THE INTRODUCER SHEATH. THE COIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE DISTAL TIP WITH RESISTANCE. THE PUSHER WIRE WAS INSPECTED AND SEVERAL KINKS WERE PRESENT TOWARDS THE DISTAL END. A SEVERE KINK WAS PRESENT 1.9CM FROM THE DISTAL END OF THE PUSHER WIRE. THE CORE WIRE WAS BROKEN BETWEEN THE DISTAL AND MID SOLDER JOINTS. THE COIL AND INTRODUCER SHEATH WERE INSPECTED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED. MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION REVEALED THE ZAP TIP SHAPE AND SURFACE WAS SMOOTH. THE INTERLOCKING ARM OF THE MAIN COIL AND THE INTERLOCKING ARM OF THE PUSHER WIRE SS COIL WERE INSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE MANUFACTURING BATCH RECORD REVIEW CONFIRMED THAT THE DEVICE MET ALL MATERIAL, ASSEMBLY AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE IS OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AS DEVICE PERFORMANCE WAS LIMITED DUE TO ANATOMICAL/PROCEDURAL FACTORS. (B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REPORTABLE BASED ON ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON (B)(6) 2010. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A COIL EMBOLIZATION TREATMENT PROCEDURE, THE COILS WOULD NOT ADVANCE THROUGH THE MICROCATHETER. WHILE TREATING A PATIENT FOR AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM, A RENEGADE 2M MICROCATHETER WAS UTILIZED FOR COIL DEPLOYMENT. CONTINUOUS FLUSHING WAS MAINTAINED. TWO 14MM X 30CM F-IDC 2D COILS WERE DEPLOYED WITHOUT ISSUE. A THIRD COIL OF THE SAME SIZE WAS INSERTED INTO THE MICROCATHETER, BUT BECAME STUCK IN THE PROXIMAL END OF THE CATHETER AND WAS THEREFORE REMOVED. A 10MM X 30CM F-IDC 2D WAS THEN ADVANCED AND RESISTANCE WAS MET IN THE HUB OF THE MICROCATHETER. THIS COIL WAS REMOVED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AFTER ADDITIONAL F-IDC COILS, AS WELL AS PUSHABLE COILS, WERE DEPLOYED WITH THE RENEGADE 2M. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AND THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS GOOD. HOWEVER, DEVICE ANALYSIS REVEALED THE PUSHER WIRE OF THE 10MM X 30CM F-IDC 2D WAS BROKEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FIBERED IDC OCCLUSION SYSTEM DEVICE, VASCULAR, FOR PROMOTING EMBOLIZATION KRD BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK M001361600 13623867

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 RENEGADE 2M MICROCATHETER| 2 - 14MM X 30CM F-IDC 2D COILS| 5F SG GUIDING CATHETER