FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VIS-RX MICRO-IMAGING CATHETER

MDR report key: 25245812 · Received May 21, 2026

Report

Report Number
3011578544-2026-00011
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2026
Date of Event
March 18, 2024
Report Date
March 18, 2024
Manufacturer
GENTUITY, LLC
Product Code
DQO
UDI-DI
00859910007018
PMA / PMN Number
K230620
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE FIRST PULLBACK WAS INCOMPLETE WHEN THE PIM JAWS OPENED AFTER 60 MM, PRODUCING REPEATED FRAMES AND RED FRAMES FROM STRETCH AND ROTATIONAL INSTABILITY. THREE SUBSEQUENT PULLBACKS WITH THE SAME CATHETER WERE SUCCESSFUL. RETURNED-UNIT TESTING SHOWED NO DEFECTS. THE COMPLAINT IS CONFIRMED AND FRICTION-RELATED ROOT CAUSE WAS INVESTIGATED UNDER CAPA C23-009.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

¿CASE 7¿. LAD-PRE. IN THE FIRST 100 MM PULLBACK THE MOST PROXIMAL ~40 MM WERE MISSED DUE TO FRICTION ISSUES (PIM JAWS LET GO AND RED FRAMES APPEARED DUE TO ROTATIONAL INSTABILITY AND STRETCH). DID SHOCKWAVE AND NC BALLOONING ON A MID-LAD CALCIFIED PULLBACK. USING THE SAME CATHETER, THE OPERATOR DID A PULLBACK POST-, GOOD QUALITY. PLACED A 23 MM STENT. DID A THIRD PULLBACK WHICH WORKED FINE, BUT A FEW DISTAL FRAMES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PULLBACK (9 CONSECUTIVE FRAMES) WERE LABELLED AS ¿RED FRAMES¿ WITH MEASUREMENTS DISABLED (SIGNIFICANT ROTATIONAL INSTABILITY IS VISIBLE). DID A LAST DIAGNOSTIC PULLBACK IN THE LCX, WORKED FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
241121 VIS-RX MICRO-IMAGING CATHETER CATHETER, INTRAVASCULAR, DIAGNOSTIC DQO GENTUITY, LLC G30-01 24A2304 00859910007018

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1