It was reported that device movement occurred inside the patients body.A sentinel cerebral protection system was in use during a procedure.The patient moved their arm and the sentinel system was knocked out of the left common carotid (lcc) artery.The physician attempted to re-position the sentinel system in the lcc, however, the distal filter was stuck in a partially deployed position and would not fully deploy.The physician pulled back on the handle to re-capture the filter and the handle broke off of the device.The procedure was completed with the proximal filter in place.No patient complications were reported.
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