FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HI-TORQUE BALANCE GUIDE WIRE WITH HYDROCOAT

MDR report key: 387051 · Received April 2, 2002

Report

Report Number
2024168-2002-00119
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 2, 2002
Date of Event
February 8, 2002
Report Date
March 8, 2002
Manufacturer
GUIDANT VASCULAR INTERVENTION
Product Code
DQX
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER SUCCESSFULLY STENTING A LESION IN THE DIAGONAL, THE STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM (SDS) AND THE GUIDE WIRE WERE REMOVED TOGETHER. IT WAS THEN NOTED THAT THE TIP OF THE GUIDE WIRE APPEARED TO BE AN ABNORMAL DISTANCE (DISTAL) TO THE END OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. WHEN THE GUIDE WIRE WAS REMOVED FROM THE DELIVERY SYSTEM, THE GUIDE WIRE COILS APPEARED STRETCHED, EXPOSING THE CORE. NO PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED FROM THIS PROCEDURE; HOWEVER, INVESTIGATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE REVEALED A SEPARATION OF THE GUIDE WIRE CORE AND THE SHAPING RIBBON.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HI-TORQUE BALANCE GUIDE WIRE WITH HYDROCOAT HYDROPHILIC COATING GUIDE WIRE DQX GUIDANT VASCULAR INTERVENTION NA 2011051

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR 2. INFLATION DEVICE: GDT,| 1. DILATATION CATHETER: TERUMO HAYATE 2.0-20,| 3. GUIDING CATHETER: MDT ZUMA 2 6F.