During treatment, the diamondback 360 exchangeable peripheral orbital atherectomy device (oad) became stuck on the viperwire advance guide wire.The oad and viperwire were removed and replaced.The patient was stable.During analysis of the oad, spring tip damage was observed.It was unknown when the damage occurred.
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The oad was returned to csi for analysis with the guide wire not engaged.Visual examination revealed spring tip damage with the coils unraveled and most of the distal section missing.Scanning electron microscopic analysis identified that the core wire was fractured within the spring tip at the round to flat transition section.The fracture shows evidence of tensile failure, however, the root cause of the damage was unable to be determined.The device history record for this oad lot number has been reviewed.No issues or discrepancies were noted during this review that would have contributed to the reported event.The device met material, assembly, and quality control requirements.Csi id: (b)(4).
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