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PCU060300130 |
| Medical Device Problem Codes |
Deflation Problem (1149); Inflation Problem (1310); Material Twisted/Bent (2981)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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| Date of Event |
06/16/2020
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event or Problem Description
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Physician was attempting to use a pacific xtreme pta balloon catheter along with a non-medtronic 6fr sheath and a 0.014 guide catheter during procedure to treat a little calcified plaque lesion in the mid superficial femoral artery (sfa).The vessel diameter and lesion length are 6mm and 270mm respectively.There was no damage to product packaging.There was no issues noted when removing device from hoop/tray.The device was inspected per ifu with no issued identified.During balloon inflation, inflation difficulty was observed at 4atm.During balloon inflation, the balloon was slow to deflate, with 40 sec for balloon to deflate.Balloon twist occurred with rewrap issue noted.It was reported that physician continues to have problems with the 5 mm and 6 mm 300mm balloons twisting upon inflation and are extremely slow to deflate whenever this twisting occurs.Another medtronic balloon was used to complete the procedure.There was no patient injury reported.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Additional information: the physician attempted to continue still using the balloon despite the issue.It is unknown if there was any vessel damage.It is unknown if the device was fully deflated upon removal from the patient and if it was safely removed.Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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