According to the initial reporter: customer deployed stent completely, and they did pull the safety wire at the end of deploying it completely.The tech did say they only pulled the safety wire out ~4 inches, so possibly not completely.Realized that the stent wasn't fully expanding and it was still attached to the delivery system catheter.Couldn't get it dislodged from the delivery system.They pulled it back and it ended up in the stomach, where it dislodged, so they had to go back down to use an over tube to get it out of the patient.Stent observed shredded once out of the patient, but they don't know when that happened.Customer used another of the same device to complete procedure successfully, longer procedure but not prolonged hospitalization.Further information was provided: the stent was not fully deployed.
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