During a procedure, a mild to moderately calcified target lesion in the superficial femoral artery was treated with a stealth peripheral orbital atherectomy device (oad) via a femoral approach.When the oad was treating the lesion, fluid was noted to be spraying out of a hole in approximately the mid-point of the driveshaft.The section of the driveshaft spraying liquid was still located outside of the body.A second oad was used to complete the procedure along with balloon angioplasty, and there were no patient complications.
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The reported device was received for analysis.Visual observation identified a hole that had been melted in the driveshaft sheath.There was evidence of compression damage to the sheath that indicates the sheath may have been compressed enough to interact with the spinning driveshaft.This compression could melt a hole in the sheath material due to friction-induced heat, however, the exact root cause of the melted, deformed sheath material is unknown.During testing, fluid was injected through the handle assembly and was observed to flow through the entire device, exiting at the crown, but also leaked at the area of the melted hole.The oad function was tested, and the oad spun at all speeds and functioned as intended.At the conclusion of device analysis, the reported event of saline leaking from a hole in the driveshaft was confirmed.The device history record for this oad lot number has been reviewed.No issues or discrepancies were noted during this review that would have contributed to the reported event.The device met material, assembly, and quality control requirements.Csi id# (b)(4).
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