CERENOVUS ENTERPRISE
Report
- Report Number
- 3008114965-2025-00027
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- January 17, 2025
- Date of Event
- January 3, 2025
- Report Date
- February 21, 2025
- Manufacturer
- MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
- Product Code
- NJE
- UDI-DI
- 10886704071488
- PMA / PMN Number
- H60001
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- CH
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
- Health Professional
- Yes
Narratives
MANUFACTURER¿S REF. NO: (B)(4). THE PURPOSE OF THIS MDR SUBMISSION IS TO REPORT THAT MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN PRODUCT FOR ANALYSIS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. IF PRODUCT IS RETURNED OR INFORMATION PROVIDED AT A LATER DATE, THE FILE WILL BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. LAKE REGION MEDICAL PERFORMED A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS RELATIVE TO THE MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION, AND PACKAGING OF THE LOT 8962460. THE HISTORY RECORD INDICATES THIS PRODUCT WAS FINAL INSPECTION TESTED AT LAKE REGION MEDICAL AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE ACCEPTABLE. PRODUCT ANALYSIS CANNOT BE CONDUCTED AS THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. NO DETERMINATION OF CAUSES AND POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS COULD BE MADE. AS SUCH, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED. WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND WITHOUT THE COMPLAINT PRODUCT AVAILABLE TO BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, THE REPORTED ISSUE DOCUMENTED IN THE COMPLAINT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED THROUGH FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS. BASED ON THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTATION REVIEW, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE EVENT IS RELATED TO THE DEVICE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. ASSIGNMENT OF ROOT CAUSE FOR THE EVENT REMAINS SPECULATIVE AND INCONCLUSIVE, BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED AND WITHOUT THE RETURN OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE; HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CLINICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTORS, INCLUDING DEVICE MANIPULATION / INTERACTION MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED FAILURE. AS PART OF THE POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM, INFORMATION FROM THIS COMPLAINT IS TRENDED FOR STATISTICAL SIGNALS AND CORRECTIVE / PREVENTIVE ACTION MAY BE TRIGGERED AT A LATER TIME. SINCE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE EVENT WAS RELATED TO A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN ISSUE, NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. UPDATED SECTIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF NEW FACTS ARISE WHICH MATERIALLY ALTER INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN A PREVIOUS MDR REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT.
MANUFACTURER¿S REF. NO: (B)(4). INFORMATION REGARDING PATIENT IDENTIFIER, DATE OF BIRTH, AGE, SEX, GENDER, WEIGHT, RACE, AND ETHNICITY WERE NOT PROVIDED. SECTION E.1: THE INITIAL REPORTER PHONE: (B)(6) . SECTION H.3: THE DEVICE IS AVAILABLE TO BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND TESTING. HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE. IF THE DEVICE RETURNS, A DEVICE INVESTIGATION WILL BE PERFORMED. LAKE REGION MEDICAL PERFORMED A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS RELATIVE TO THE MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION, AND PACKAGING OF THE LOT 8962460. THE HISTORY RECORD INDICATES THIS PRODUCT WAS FINAL INSPECTION TESTED AT LAKE REGION MEDICAL AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE ACCEPTABLE. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED OR VERIFIED PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDTECH, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE PRODUCT, JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDTECH, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. MISSING INFORMATION FROM THIS REPORT IS IDENTIFIED AS BLANK; THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED IN THE REPORTED EVENT OR AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF REPORT SUBMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF NEW FACTS ARISE WHICH MATERIALLY ALTER INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN A PREVIOUS MDR REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT.
MANUFACTURER¿S REF. NO: (B)(4). THE PURPOSE OF THIS MDR SUBMISSION IS TO REPORT THAT THE PRODUCT ANALYSIS LAB RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT DEVICE ON 17-FEB-2025. A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UPDATED SECTIONS: B.4, D.9, G.3, G.6. H.2, H.3, H.6, AND H.11. THE MANUFACTURER WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF NEW FACTS ARISE WHICH MATERIALLY ALTER INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN A PREVIOUS MDR REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT.
MANUFACTURER¿S REF. NO: (B)(4) THE PURPOSE OF THIS MDR SUBMISSION IS TO REPORT THE INVESTIGATIONAL FINDING OF THE RETURNED DEVICE. INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: A NON-STERILE .5MM X 28MM NO DISTAL TIP ENTERPRISE® VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE WAS RECEIVED CONTAINED IN THE DECONTAMINATION POUCH. VISUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STENT WAS RETURNED DETACHED INSIDE THE HUB OF THE CONCOMITANT 150CM X 5CM PROWLER SELECT PLUS MICROCATHETER. THE STENT WAS REMOVED. MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE STENT COMPONENT. NO DAMAGES WERE OBSERVED (I.E., NO KINKS, NO BENDS, NOR BROKEN STRUTS). BOTH DISTAL ENDS WERE NOTED TO BE COMPLETELY FLARED. THE ISSUE REGARDING A STENT BEING PREMATURELY DETACHED FROM THE DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS CONFIRMED SINCE THE STENT WAS FOUND DETACHED DURING THE INSPECTION, HOWEVER, BASED ON THIS CONDITION THE ISSUE REGARDING A STENT BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE CONCOMITANT MICROCATHETER CANNOT BE EVALUATED THROUGH FUNCTIONAL TESTING. THE STENT MUST BE INSIDE THE INTRODUCER TUBE TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS. THE DETACHED CONDITION OF THE STENT SUGGESTS THAT THE ENTERPRISE INTRODUCER WAS NOT FULLY SEATED IN THE HUB OF THE MICROCATHETER, CAUSING THE STENT TO EXPAND IN THE MICROCATHETER'S HUB, WHERE PUSH/PULL FORCE WAS APPLIED SUFFICIENTLY TO DISENGAGE THE STENT FROM THE DELIVERY WIRE. HOWEVER, WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE THIS ONLY REMAINS SPECULATIVE. ADDITIONALLY, THE RETURNED COMPONENT DID NOT PRESENT DAMAGES THAT SUGGEST THAT IT WAS FORCIBLY ADVANCED. WITH THE LIMITED INFORMATION AVAILABLE, A CONCLUSIVE CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED; HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CLINICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTORS, INCLUDING DEVICE MANIPULATION AND OPERATOR'S TECHNIQUE, MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED FAILURE. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THE ISSUE REPORTED IN THE COMPLAINT IS A RESULT OF A DEFECT INHERENTLY RELATED TO THE DEVICE. THE DELIVERY WIRE AND INTRODUCER COMPONENTS MAY HAVE GOTTEN LOST DURING THE POST-OPERATIVE HANDLING OR DECONTAMINATION OF THE DEVICE. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMPONENTS ARE RECEIVED AT A LATER TIME, THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE REASSESSED ACCORDINGLY. LAKE REGION MEDICAL PERFORMED A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS RELATIVE TO THE MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION, AND PACKAGING OF THE LOT 8962460. THE HISTORY RECORD INDICATES THIS PRODUCT WAS FINAL INSPECTION TESTED AT LAKE REGION MEDICAL AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE ACCEPTABLE. AS PART OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDTECH QUALITY PROCESS, ALL DEVICES ARE MANUFACTURED, INSPECTED, AND RELEASED TO APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT PRODUCT FAILURE COULD BE CAUSED BY MULTIPLE FACTORS. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU) DO CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS: IF RESISTANCE IS MET DURING MANIPULATION, DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF RESISTANCE BEFORE PROCEEDING. DO NOT APPLY UNDUE FORCE IF RESISTANCE IS ENCOUNTERED AT ANY POINT DURING STENT MANIPULATION. WITHDRAW THE UNIT AND ADVANCE A NEW ONE. BASED ON THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTATION REVIEW, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE EVENT IS RELATED TO THE DEVICE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. AS PART OF THE POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM, INFORMATION FROM THIS COMPLAINT IS TRENDED FOR STATISTICAL SIGNALS AND CORRECTIVE / PREVENTIVE ACTION MAY BE TRIGGERED AT A LATER TIME. SINCE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE EVENT WAS RELATED TO A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN ISSUE, NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. UPDATED SECTIONS: B.4, G.3, G.6. H.2, H.3, H.6, AND H.11. THE MANUFACTURER WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF NEW FACTS ARISE WHICH MATERIALLY ALTER INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN A PREVIOUS MDR REPORT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT.
THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL REPORTED THAT DURING AN ENDOVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURE, THE 4.5MM X 28MM NO DISTAL TIP ENTERPRISE® VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE (VRD) (ENC452800 / 8962460) WAS IMPEDED IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE CONCOMITANT 150CM X 5CM PROWLER SELECT PLUS MICROCATHETER (606S255X / 31024382) AND COULD NOT BE FURTHER ADVANCED. THE PHYSICIAN TRIED TO RETRACT THE STENT, BUT IT WAS DETACHED FROM THE DELIVERY WIRE IN THE MICROCATHETER. THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE MICROCATHETER AND THE STENT FROM THE PATIENT AND REPLACED THE DEVICES TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE, WHICH WAS REPORTEDLY PROLONGED BY APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY NEGATIVE PATIENT IMPACT. ON 16-JAN-2025, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. PER THE INFORMATION, THE TARGET VESSEL OF THE STENT-ASSISTED EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURE WAS THE OPHTHALMIC ARTERY ANEURYSM. AN ADEQUATE CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS MAINTAINED THROUGH THE MICROCATHETER. THE STENT WAS IMPEDED IN THE MID-SECTION OF THE MICROCATHETER AND COULD NOT BE FURTHER ADVANCED. ASIDE FROM THE REPORTED PREMATURE DETACHMENT, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED ON THE STENT / STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WHEN IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. THE REPLACEMENT STENT WAS ANOTHER 4.5MM X 28MM NO DISTAL TIP ENTERPRISE® VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE (ENC452800) AND THE REPLACEMENT MICROCATHETER WAS ANOTHER 150CM X 5CM PROWLER SELECT PLUS MICROCATHETER (606S255X). THE INFORMATION CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE PATIENT IMPACT, AND THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT CONSIDER THE REPORTED 20-MINUTE DELAY IN THE PROCEDURE TO BE CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1055927 | CERENOVUS ENTERPRISE | INTRACRANIAL NEUROVASCULAR STENT | NJE | MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL | 8962460 | 10886704071488 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | Unknown | PROWLER SELECT PLUS 150/5CM. |