FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HYPERFORM OCCLUSION BALLOON SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2480614 · Received March 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
2029214-2012-00106
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 6, 2012
Date of Event
January 24, 2012
Report Date
February 10, 2012
Manufacturer
EV3 NEUROVASCULAR
Product Code
NUF
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS BEEN EVALUATED. THE EVALUATION SHOWED THAT THE GUIDEWIRE BROKE INTO TWO SEGMENTS (DUE TO TORSION OVERLOAD) INSIDE THE CATHETER LUMEN AND ONE OF THE SEGMENTS PUNCTURED THE CATHETER LUMEN AT 1.5 CM FROM THE DISTAL TIP. CATHETER LUMEN. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED WHEN OPENING THE PACKAGE, A KINK WAS OBSERVED AT THE DISTAL END OF THE SYSTEM. THE DEVICE WAS NOT USED IN THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HYPERFORM OCCLUSION BALLOON SYSTEM OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER NUF EV3 NEUROVASCULAR 104-4470 9519522

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1