It was reported that during a procedure to treat a calcified, stenosed lesion in the iliac artery, a 6.0x19 mm omnilink elite stent system was advanced without resistance and inflated; however, the balloon failed to inflate.A leak was suspected.The stent system was simply withdrawn from the patient anatomy and a new same sized omnilink stent system was advanced and the stent was implanted without issue.An 8.0x20 mm armada 35 percutaneous transluminal (pta) catheter was advanced without resistance for post-dilatation as standard procedure and the balloon failed to inflate.A leak was suspected.The armada 35 pta catheter was simply withdrawn from the patient anatomy and a new same sized armada 35 pta catheter was successfully used for post-dilation.There was no adverse patient effect and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.No additional information was provided.
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(b)(4).The armada 35 device referenced is being filed under a separate medwatch report.It is indicated that the device is not returning for evaluation; therefore, a failure analysis of the complaint device could not be completed.A review of the lot history record revealed no non-conformances.A query of the electronic complaint handling database revealed no other similar incidents for inflation issue or leak reported from this lot.Based on the reviewed information, no product deficiency was identified.
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