It was reported that the procedure was to treat a de novo lesion located in the narrow, concentric common carotid artery.The rx acculink stent delivery system was placed in the lesion; however, the stent could not be released for deployment.The stent implant was not exposed during the attempt to deploy the stent.The procedure was completed with another abbott device.No adverse patient effects or clinically significant delay in the procedure were reported.No additional information was provided.Returned device analysis revealed the stent implant was exposed.
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(b)(4).Evaluation summary: the device was returned for analysis.The stent implant was stationary on the stent holder but not between the markers.There was 1 mm of the distal end of the stent implant exposed out of the distal sheath, confirming a potential deployment issue did occur.Based on a visual and functional inspection of the returned device, there is no indication of a product deficiency.A review of the lot history record revealed no non-conformances that would have contributed to the reported event.A query of the electronic complaint handling database revealed no other incidents reported from this lot.Based on the reviewed information, no product deficiency was identified.
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