Blank fields on this form indicate the information is unknown, unchanged or unavailable.Investigation ¿ evaluation.An issue was reported on a wire guide from a femoral artery pressure monitoring set (c-pms-400-fa) from lot 13330274.During a femoral puncture, the wire guide unraveled inside the catheter and had to be removed.This event was captured in mfg.Report reference #: 1820334-2021-00392.The customer also reported recurrent issues in the past, the subject of this complaint.These procedures each required more than one set to be opened per puncture.Cook became aware of this event on 09feb2021 upon being notified by agility logistics.A review of the documentation including the complaint history, manufacturing instructions and quality control of the device was conducted during the investigation.The complaint device was not returned for evaluation; therefore, no physical examination could be performed.However, a document-based investigation evaluation was performed.A review of the device master record (dmr) concluded that sufficient controls are in place to detect this failure mode prior to release.A review of the design history file (dhf) found that the risks of this device are acceptable when weighed against the benefits.A review of the device history record (dhr) could not be conducted due to lack of lot information from the facility.Since potential nonconformances or other complaints from the devices¿ lot could not be confirmed, there is no evidence that nonconforming product exists in house or in the field.The device set is not provided with instructions for use (ifu).Based on the information provided, no returned product and the results of our investigation, it was concluded that the cause of the event was due to a component failure without design or manufacturing deficiency.The wire guide may have been damaged by contact with a sharp edge such as the needle point or calcifications in the patient¿s anatomy, and later unraveled when manipulating it through the catheter.However, without additional information, these possibilities cannot be confirmed with certainty.The appropriate personnel have been notified.Per the quality engineering risk assessment no further action is required.We will continue to monitor for similar complaints.This report is required by the fda under 21 cfr part 803 and is based on unconfirmed information submitted by others.Neither the submission of this report nor any statement contained herein is intended to be an admission that any cook device is defective or malfunctioned, that a death or serious injury occurred, nor that any cook device caused, contributed to, or is likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if a malfunction occurred.
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