(b)(4).During processing of this complaint, attempts were made to obtain complete event, patient and device information.Date of event has been estimated based on date of article publication.Date of implant has been estimated based on date of first patient enrollment.Alert date has been estimated based on date the article was read.The scafold remains in the patient.Investigation is not yet complete.A follow-up report will be submitted with all additional relevant information.Literature: angiographic and midterm outcomes of bioresorbable vascular scaffold for coronary bifurcation lesions.Author- pieter smits, american journal of cardiology 122.12: 2035-2042.Elsevier inc.(dec 15, 2018).The additional adverse patient effects and patient deaths referenced in the article are being filed under separate medwatch report #s.
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Internal file number: (b)(4).The device was not returned for evaluation.A review of the lot history record and complaint history of the reported lot could not be conducted because the part and lot number were not provided.Based on the information reviewed, a conclusive cause for the reported difficulty to deploy could not be determined.There is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to manufacture, design or labeling.
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