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Model Number 105-7100-060 |
Device Problem
Entrapment of Device (1212)
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Patient Problem
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Event Date 09/20/2023 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Event Description
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Medtronic received a report that while doing the embolization of a complex ruptured arteriovenous malformation (avm) with onyx-18 les, the physician placed the apollo microcatheter at the optimum position inside the nidus.Then after injecting approximately 0.25ml.Of the onyx-18, the physician realized that it was not coming out from apollo resistance was increasing.So he had to take out this apollo microcatheter onyx-18 syringe used new microcatheter to complete the embolization procedure.While taking out the attached onyx syringe, some onyx was dropped on the operating table. the onyx and any accessories were prepared as indicated in the instructions for use (ifu).The apollo was flushed as indicated in the ifu.No patient symptoms or further complications were reported as a result of this event. the patient was undergoing surgery for treatment of an avm.The avm is an eloquent region.The access vessel was the left middle cerebral artery (mca) with a diameter of 2.6mm.It was noted the patient's vessel tortuosity was normal.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event Description
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Additional information was received that the dead space of 0.25ml of the delivery catheter was filled with dmso.There was no friction during flushing but there was during injection, after injecting 0.25ml onyx-18.There was no kink or damage on the catheter.There was no onyx reflux.Injection was continuous.Initially onyx was displacing dmso, so the physician didn't pause between the injection until 0.25ml.The injection rate was followed as indicated in the ifu.
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Event Description
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This event is no longer a reportable event.Mdr decision corrected to not reportable.No additional supplemental mdrs are required unless additional information received makes the event reportable.Due to gch functionality, the complaint flag cannot be flipped to 'no' as a regulatory report exists in this pe.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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