MAUDE Adverse Event Report: ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION ATRIUM ICAST COVERED STENT; PTFE COVERED STENT

Model Number 85419

Device Problems Difficult to Remove (1528); Material Separation (1562); Mechanical Jam (2983)

Patient Problem No Information (3190)

Event Date 03/31/2017

Event Type  Injury  

Manufacturer Narrative

On completion of the investigation a follow up report will be submitted.Associated mdr: 1219977-2017-00050.

Event Description

The stent was deployed.The physician went to remove the catheter from a terumo destination 7fr 90 cm sheath and the catheter was stuck and would not come out over a rosen 0.035 x 260 cm wire.After roughly five minutes of trying to remove the catheter, the hub became separated from the catheter.

Manufacturer Narrative

Engineering investigation: the returned device was disinfected and evaluated to determine the cause of the complaint.Upon inspection the manifold had become completely detached from the catheter shaft.The catheter shaft had been necked down to a smaller diameter prior to the manifold detaching.This necked down area was measured and found to be.048"in.The shaft diameter at this location is typically.071"in.The balloon had been deployed during the procedure and was folded down from being in the introducer sheath.To determine if the balloon had been ruptured during the procedure the balloon was inflated using a tuohy borst adapter and the distal tip of the guidewire lumen was clamped.The balloon was inflated to 12atm without any leaks.A review of recent validations indicates that the force required to pull a manifold off of a catheter is a minimum of 8lbs.The specification currently in place is 3.37lbs.In all cases the catheter shaft broke and not the adhesive bond.This was also the case in the returned device.The catheter shaft had necked down and broke at the beginning of the adhesive bond within the manifold.The introducer sheath used in the case was not returned.The details provided indicate that this was a very complex case where a minimum of 6 stents were used including an endo-graft.A full review of the catheter lot history records for the devices in question was performed.The records indicate that this lot of catheters passed atriums final lot qualification testing.This inspection requires that the catheter lot must pass the following: ability of the stent and delivery system to be passed through the labeled introducer sheath.Ability to deploy the stent at nominal pressure (8atm).Ability to withdraw the deflated balloon catheter back through the labeled introducer sheath ability of the delivery system to withstand 5 inflate/deflate cycles at the rated burst pressure (12atm) without leaks or failures.Balloon burst testing.The balloon must burst over the rated burst pressure specified on the label (12atm).Result: all quality inspection samples passed this final inspection without any non-conformances noted during the final lot qualification testing.Conclusion: based on the details of the event and the successful lot qualification test data, atrium can find no fault with the lot of stent delivery systems in question.There is a possibility that the balloon was not fully deflated or the introducer sheath used in the case was damaged due to the amount of devices passed through the sheath.Clinical evaluation: if a catheter cannot be withdrawn back into a sheath and part of the component breaks off it may cause a procedural delay.There are several possibilities that could cause a piece of the device to break off including excessive manipulation and force or catching the delivery catheter on a piece of calcification or another implanted device.Occasionally, the catheter will catch on a defect on a damaged introducer sheath the instructions for use (ifu) state to not force passage or withdrawal of the guide wire or delivery system is resistance is encountered.The ifu also instructs to deflate the balloon by pulling vacuum on the inflation device to its maximum volume for 40 seconds and to verify full balloon deflation via fluoroscopy before proceeding.

• Brand Name: ATRIUM ICAST COVERED STENT
• Type of Device: PTFE COVERED STENT
• Manufacturer (Section D): ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION; 5 wentworth drive; hudson NH 03051
• Manufacturer (Section G): ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION; 5 wentworth drive; hudson NH 03051
• Manufacturer Contact: lynda mclaughlin rn, bsn,ccrn-k ; 40 continental blvd; merrimack, NH 03054 ; 6038645470
• MDR Report Key: 6464684
• MDR Text Key: 71906861
• Report Number: 1219977-2017-00049
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: JCT
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00650862854190
• UDI-Public: 00650862854190
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• Reporter Country Code: US
• PMA/PMN Number: K050814
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: company representative,health
• Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 04/04/2017

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Device Operator: Physician
• Device Expiration Date: 12/09/2019
• Device Model Number: 85419
• Device Catalogue Number: 85419
• Device Lot Number: 244943
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Device Returned to Manufacturer
• Date Returned to Manufacturer: 04/13/2017
• Is the Reporter a Health Professional?: Yes
• Initial Date Manufacturer Received: 04/01/2017
• Initial Date FDA Received: 04/06/2017
• Supplement Dates Manufacturer Received: Not provided
• Supplement Dates FDA Received: 05/03/2017
• Was Device Evaluated by Manufacturer?: Yes
• Date Device Manufactured: 12/09/2016
• Is the Device Single Use?: Yes
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Type of Device Usage: Initial
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Treatment: C2 COOK SELECTION CATHETER; ROSEN GUIDEWIRE 0.035 X 260 CM; SPECTRANETICS QUICK CROSS EXCHANGE WIRE; TERUMO DESTINATION 7FR X 90 CM SHEATH
• Patient Outcome(s): Required Intervention
• Patient Age: 68 YR