The product was not returned to abbott vascular for analysis.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 incidents and/or complaints reported from this lot.Factors that may contribute to the difficulty to remove the guide wire and cause resistance between the devices may include, but not limited to, manufacturing, device placement technique, guiding catheter support, anatomical conditions/patient anatomical morphology, inner diameter of guide wire lumen or delivery device, outer diameter of the guide wire, condition of the guide wire, condition of the delivery catheter, coagulation of blood or procedural contaminates.The investigation was unable to determine a conclusive cause for the reported difficulty to remove.In this case, it is possible that during the procedure, the guide wire lumen was stretched and/or damaged resulting in the difficulty to remove the guide wire from the omnilink device; however, this could not be confirmed.There is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to the design, manufacture.
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