Catalog Number CDS0501 |
Device Problems
Failure To Adhere Or Bond (1031); Difficult to Remove (1528)
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Patient Problem
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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Event Date 04/04/2018 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).During processing of this complaint, attempts were made to obtain complete event, patient and device information.The customer reported the device was discarded.Investigation is not yet complete.A follow up report will be submitted with all relevant information.The steerable guide catheter referenced is filed under a separate medwatch report.
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Event Description
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This is filed to report the difficult clip delivery system (cds) removal.It was reported that this was a mitraclip procedure to treat degenerative mitral regurgitation (mr) with a grade of 4.Advancement of the cds was performed without issue.The patient weighed (b)(6) making the visibility of the clip more challenging.Due to the flailing and severely prolapsed posterior leaflet attempts to grasp and maintain capture of the leaflets failed.The cds was retracted, but got caught on the soft tip of the steerable guide catheter (sgc).The clip was opened slightly and moved away from the tip of the guide and reclosed and retracted again without any further issue.After removal of the sgc, the soft tip was observed to be torn, but still intact.The final mr grade was 4.No further treatment was performed.No adverse patient effect or clinically significant delay in the procedure was reported.No additional information was provided.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).The device was not returned 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 similar incidents reported from this lot.All available information was investigated and the reported difficulty removing the sgc from the cds appears to be related to user technique due to slight rotation of the clip while retracting the cds.The investigation concluded that the patient morphology/pathology contributed to the reported failure to adhere or bond (leaflet grasping (maintain) and leaflet capture clip not implanted) due to a flailing and severely prolapsed posterior leaflet and poor image resolution was due to patients weight.There is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to manufacture, design or labeling.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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