BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    ADVANCE ENFORCER 35 FOCAL FORCE PTA BALLOON CATHETER

    MDR report key: 8266667 · Received January 22, 2019

    Report

    Report Number
    1820334-2019-00187
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 22, 2019
    Date of Event
    January 11, 2019
    Report Date
    March 13, 2019
    Manufacturer
    COOK INC
    Product Code
    PNO
    UDI-DI
    10827002352534
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CT, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    BLANK FIELDS ON THIS FORM INDICATE THE INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN, UNAVAILABLE, OR UNCHANGED. INVESTIGATION ¿ EVALUATION. A REVIEW OF THE DIMENSIONAL VERIFICATION, COMPLAINT HISTORY, DEVICE HISTORY RECORD, INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU), QUALITY CONTROL, AND A FUNCTIONAL TEST & VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE WERE CONDUCTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THE VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RETURNED PACKAGE CONFIRMED THAT ONE USED ADVANCED ENFORCER 35 FOCAL FORCE PTA BALLOON CATHETER WAS RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION. BIOMATTER WAS PRESENT ON THE DEVICE. A LONGITUDINAL TEAR NOTED ON THE BALLOON MATERIAL, CONFIRMING THE CUSTOMER¿S COMPLAINT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE BALLOON DAMAGE APPEARED TO CORRESPOND TO THE BALLOON LUMEN SIDE OF THE DEVICE, RATHER THAN THE WIRE LUMEN SIDE. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE DEVICE. ADDITIONALLY, A DOCUMENT BASED INVESTIGATION EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE PRODUCT WAS NOT MADE TO SPECIFICATIONS. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD SHOWED NO NONCONFORMING EVENTS WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FAILURE MODE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTED COMPLAINTS FOR THIS LOT NUMBER. FURTHERMORE, A REVIEW OF THE QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES WAS CONDUCTED, AND NO GAPS WERE DISCOVERED. MOREOVER, AN IFU IS PROVIDED WITH THE DEVICE, WHICH STATES ¿THE DEVICE IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY (PTA) OF LESIONS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIES. THESE ARTERIES INCLUDE ILIAC, RENAL, POPLITEAL, INFRAPOPLITEAL, FEMORAL AND ILIOFEMORAL, AS WELL AS OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS OF NATIVE OR SYNTHETIC ARTERIOVENOUS DIALYSIS FISTULAE. THE DEVICE IS NOT TO BE USED IN THE CEREBRAL OR CORONARY VASCULATURE.¿ IT GOES ON TO SAY ¿TO NOT EXCEED THE RATED BURST PRESSURE, USE A POWER INJECTOR, OR INJECT CONTRAST THROUGH THE WIRE GUIDE LUMEN. IF BALLOON PRESSURE IS LOST AND/OR BALLOON RUPTURE OCCURS, THE BALLOON IS TO BE DEFLATED AND REMOVED WITH THE SHEATH AS A UNIT.¿ BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT, AND THE RESULTS OF OUR INVESTIGATION, A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR MONITORING OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND HAVE NOTIFIED THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL OF THIS EVENT. MEASURES ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO ADDRESS THIS FAILURE MODE. PER THE QUALITY ENGINEERING RISK ASSESSMENT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED BY THE FDA UNDER 21 CFR PART 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. NEITHER THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT NOR ANY STATEMENT MADE IN IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT ANY COOK DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE OR MALFUNCTIONED; THAT A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED; OR THAT ANY COOK DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO; OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY IF A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE PATIENT AND/OR EVENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED SINCE THE PREVIOUS MEDWATCH REPORT WAS SENT.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    COMMON NAME & PRODUCT CODE: PNO CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS, CUTTING/SCORING. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC GLADIATOR ELITE BALLOON, BARD CONQUEST HIGH PRESSURE BALLOON. PMA/510(K) NUMBER: K141322. THIS REPORT INCLUDES INFORMATION KNOWN AT THIS TIME. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURE OF A DIALYSIS ACCESS CIRCUIT, AN ADVANCE ENFORCER 35 FOCAL FORCE PTA BALLOON CATHETER RUPTURED. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE A HISTORY OF TYPE 1 DIABETES, DIABETIC NEUROPATHY, AND A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS INTERVENTIONS OF THE ACCESS CIRCUIT. THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A 70% RESTENOSIS OF A LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC FISTULA. THE TARGET VENOUS OUTFLOW LESION WAS LOCATED 1 CM DISTAL TO THE ARTERIO-VENOUS (AV) ANASTOMOSIS OR GRAFT-VEIN ANASTOMOSIS UP TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE CEPHALIC AND AXILLARY VEINS. THE REFERENCE VESSEL DIAMETER (RVD) WAS 7MM AND THE LESION LENGTH WAS 2MM. THE COMPLAINT DEVICE WAS INFLATED TO 12 ATMOSPHERES WITH A 1:2 RATIO OF CONTRAST (OPTIRAY) TO HEPARINIZED SALINE WHEN THE BALLOON RUPTURED LONGITUDINALLY. ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S BALLOON WAS THEN USED, WHICH ALSO RUPTURED. ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S HIGH PRESSURE BALLOON WAS THEN USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE SUCCESSFULLY. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORT THAT ANY PART OF THE DEVICE REMAINED IN THE PATIENT'S BODY, THAT THE PATIENT REQUIRED ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES, OR THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS DUE TO THIS EVENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    58904 ADVANCE ENFORCER 35 FOCAL FORCE PTA BALLOON CATHETER PNO COOK INC G35253 9160100 10827002352534

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 76 YR