FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

KINETIX PTCA GUIDEWIRE

MDR report key: 2011557 · Received March 9, 2011

Report

Report Number
2134265-2011-00766
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 9, 2011
Date of Event
February 8, 2011
Report Date
February 9, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE
Product Code
DQX
PMA / PMN Number
K081021
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AGE AT TIME OF EVENT: (B)(6). DEVICE EVALUATED BY MFR: THE COMPLAINT DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. 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

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION, THE CATHETER BECAME STUCK ON THE GUIDE WIRE. THE TARGET LESION DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN. THE KINETIX GUIDE WIRE WAS PLACED IN THE PATIENT. AN ATLANTIS SR PRO² CORONARY IMAGING CATHETER WAS ADVANCED OVER THE WIRE. AT AN UNSPECIFIED TIME, THE IMAGE WAS LOST. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE ATLANTIS CATHETER, IT WAS NOTED THAT IT HAD BECOME STUCK ON THE KINETIX GUIDE WIRE. DURING REMOVAL ATTEMPTS THE WIRE BECAME KINKED. THE DEVICES WERE REMOVED TOGETHER AS A UNIT AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A DIFFERENT GUIDE WIRE AND ANOTHER ATLANTIS CATHETER. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AND THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS GOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KINETIX PTCA GUIDEWIRE WIRE, GUIDE, CATHETER DQX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE H74939122010 13530362

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 ATLANTIS SR PRO² CORONARY IMAGING CATHETER