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Report
- Report Number
- 2024168-2025-10687
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- October 2, 2025
- Date of Event
- September 10, 2025
- Report Date
- October 2, 2025
- Manufacturer
- ABBOTT VASCULAR INC.
- Product Code
- NXW
- PMA / PMN Number
- P230036
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- GA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
- Health Professional
- Yes
Narratives
THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. PRODUCTION RECORD AND CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS (CAPA) REVIEWS WERE PERFORMED AND REVEALED NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT QUALITY ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, A QUERY OF THE COMPLAINT HANDLING DATABASE FOR THE REPORTED LOT REVEALED THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A LOT SPECIFIC ISSUE. THE REPORTED PATIENT EFFECT OF EMBOLISM IS LISTED IN THE ESPRIT BTK EVEROLIMUS ELUTING RESORBABLE SCAFFOLD SYSTEMS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AS A KNOWN PATIENT EFFECT OF CORONARY STENTING PROCEDURES. BASED ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED ISSUE APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO OPERATIONAL CONTEXT OF THE PROCEDURE. A CONCLUSIVE CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED PATIENT EFFECT, AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PRODUCT, IF ANY, CANNOT BE DETERMINED. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT QUALITY ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, OR LABELING OF THE DEVICE.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6)2025, ONE 3.5X38 MM ESPRIT BTK SCAFFOLD WAS IMPLANTED IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY. ON (B)(6)2025 THE PATIENT WAS TO BE TREATED FOR THE OCCLUSION IN THE LEFT PERONEAL ARTERY, BUT THE GUIDEWIRE WAS UNABLE TO CROSS THE CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION (CTO) IN THE MILDLY CALCIFIED TIBIOPERONEAL TRUNK. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO REACH THE TARGET LESION, THE GUIDEWIRE DISLODGED THE PROXIMAL MARKER FROM THE PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED 3.5X38 ESPRIT BTK SCAFFOLD. THE MARKER MOVED TO THE CTO LESION AND REMAINED THERE. THE PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED 3.5X38 ESPRIT BTK SCAFFOLD WAS NOTED TO BE WIDELY PATENT ON (B)(6)2025. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON (B)(6)2025. REVIEW OF THE IMAGES FOUND THAT THE MARKER FROM THE PREVIOUSLY PLACED ESPRIT BTK 3.5 X 38 RX SCAFFOLD WAS NOTED AS MOVING FREELY IN THE ARTERY WHEN THE WIRE IS ADVANCED AND RETRACTED INTERACTING WITH THE PROXIMAL END OF THE SCAFFOLD. THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE SCAFFOLD MARKER IS THE INTERACTION WITH THE GUIDE WIRE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2459330 | ESPRIT¿ | SCAFFOLD,INFRAPOPLITEAL,ABSORBABLE | NXW | ABBOTT VASCULAR INC. | 1203350-38 | 5031361 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 YR | Male | Other |