Catalog Number 1165250-18 |
Device Problem
Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material (2944)
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Patient Problem
No Patient Involvement (2645)
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Event Date 08/03/2015 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).During processing of this complaint, attempts were made to obtain complete event, patient and device information.(b)(4).The device was received.The investigation is not yet complete.A follow-up report will be submitted with all additional relevant information.
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Event Description
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It was reported that there was a small brown particle approximately the size of a small english pea found in the sterile packaging of the xience xpedition stent delivery system when the packaging was opened.It was located near the edge of the tear opening and near the plastic housing.There was no patient involvement.No additional information was provided.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).Evaluation summary: the device was returned for analysis.The contamination on the pouch was able to be confirmed.A review of the lot history record identified no manufacturing nonconformities issued to the reported lot that would have contributed to this event.Additionally, a review of the complaint history identified no other similar incidents reported from this lot.In this case, there were no untoward patient effects since the device was not used on a patient and the issue was detectable prior to the procedure.Based on the information reviewed for this lot, it was determined that this was an isolated incident and not representative of the entire lot.This type of reported event will continue to be monitored per local quality system procedures.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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