It was reported that the procedure was to treat a heavily tortuous lesion.Negative was held with the 20/30 indeflator, for 15 seconds, in an attempt to deflate a non-abbott balloon.Difficulty was noted deflating the balloon and high resistance was noted when turning the handle.There was no adverse patient effect and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.Another indeflator was used to complete the procedure.No additional information was provided.
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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 indicated a lot specific quality issue could not be determined.As the device was not returned, the investigation was unable to determine a conclusive cause for the reported difficulties.There is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to manufacture, design or labeling.
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