The procedure was to treat a moderately tortuous, moderately calcified, de novo lesion in the distal left anterior descending (dlad) artery.At the time of deployment the xience v 3.0 x 23 mm slipped from the stent delivery system up to 3 mm.A balloon was then used to deploy the stent at the distal part of the lesion.Another xience v of 3.0 x 18 mm was used to cover the whole lesion.The patient is doing well.There was no clinically significant delay in the procedure and there was no adverse patient effect.No additional information was provided.
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(b)(4).During processing of this complaint, attempts were made to obtain complete event, patient and device information.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 revealed no non-conformances that would have contributed to the reported event.A query/review of the complaint database revealed no other similar incidents reported for loose stents from this lot.Based on the reviewed information, no product deficiency was identified.
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