FOXCROSS PTA CATHETER
Report
- Report Number
- 2024168-2013-02772
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- May 3, 2013
- Date of Event
- November 8, 2012
- Report Date
- March 28, 2013
- Manufacturer
- AV-TEMECULA-CT
- Product Code
- LIT
- PMA / PMN Number
- K102705
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- KS
- Reporter Occupation
- HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
Narratives
(B)(4). DATE OF EVENT ESTIMATED AS DATE OF PUBLICATION. THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNING. INVESTIGATION IS NOT YET COMPLETE. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH ALL ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION. (B)(4).
(B)(4). IT IS INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE IS NOT RETURNING FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A REVIEW OF THE LOT HISTORY RECORD AND COMPLAINT HISTORY OF THE REPORTED LOT COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION REVIEWED, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT DEFICIENCY.
THIS EVENT WAS CAPTURED BASED ON LITERATURE REVIEW. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD PREVIOUSLY UNDERWENT FIVE SESSIONS OF ANGIOPLASTY OVER TWO MONTHS, DUE TO A LARGE PSEUDOANEURYSM AT THE ARTERIAL LIMB. THE PATIENT RECEIVED A NON-ABBOTT STENT GRAFT AT THE ARTERIAL LIMB NEAR THE APEX. HOWEVER, STENT GRAFT THROMBOSIS OCCURRED AGAIN ONE MONTH LATER AND THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY. ALSO, T-SHAPED BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY WAS ATTEMPTED WITH AN UNSPECIFIED FOX CROSS BALLOON CATHETER, BY ROTATING AND ADVANCING THE BALLOON CATHETER TOWARD THE CONTRALATERAL LIMB WITH AN INTRODUCER SHEATH AND BENDING THE SHAFT OF THE BALLOON CATHETER TO ASSUME A "T" SHAPE. THE FOX CROSS BALLOON CATHETER ENCOUNTERED RESISTANCE WITH THE IMPLANTED NON-ABBOTT STENT GRAFT, AS IT WAS BECOMING CAUGHT IN THE MESH OF THE STENT GRAFT. THE BALLOON WAS WITHDRAWN AND BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY WAS PERFORMED THROUGH A SECOND VASCULAR ACCESS. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED. THERE WERE NO COMPLICATIONS REPORTED IN THE RECOVERY ROOM, POST PROCEDURE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194840 | FOXCROSS PTA CATHETER | PERIPHERAL DILATATION CATHETER | LIT | AV-TEMECULA-CT |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 62 YR | STENT: S & G BIOTECH STENT GRAFT |