The hospital reported that during an axillary-femoral repair, after tunneling graft through gore tunneler the rings came loose and started to unwrap.The graft was tunneled through the sheath.The physician took a piece of the graft that was cut off from the back table and pulled graft through his fingers.Afterwards, the rings were loose and could be taken off.The physician was unhappy with the rings and the ease in which they could be removed.Currently, the patient is in good condition.The graft was used to complete the procedure.
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Since the device is not available to be returned to us, a technical evaluation cannot be performed.Per our standard sop's, all events are tracked and trended to determine whether or not any trends develop.A lot history record review was completed for the reported product lot number.There was no non-conformance recorded in the lot history.(b)(4).
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