A report of this event and the malfunctioning device were provided to silk road medical as the manufacturer of the transcarotid stent system.A physical review of the device was conducted, which did not provide sufficient evidence to determine the cause of the failure.Based on testing conducted to date, we believe that the failure is related to a single operator that produced lots over a specific time period that did not meet specifications.The lots manufactured by this operator are currently undergoing corrective action as reports of other detachments were received.Based on this information, silk road medical initiated a voluntary product recall on january 13, 2021, which further expanded on january 24, 2021 and february 3, 2021.All information has been captured under (b)(4).
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It was reported that during a transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure, after stent deployment, the distal tip (nosecone) was detached from the stent deployment system (sds) during removal.The physician attempted the retrieval of the distal tip including the use of an abbott.014" 300cm command es wire as a buddy wire, and a 6x40 boston sterling balloon to post dilate.The physician was able to successfully retrieve the distal tip (nosecone) from the patient.The procedure was completed successfully with no reported patient harm or adverse consequences.
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