A physician reported that codman hakim programmable valve was implanted to patient in (b)(6) 8 years ago at (b)(6) years old.After the patient had 3t mri performed, and the valve was x-rayed post mri, the valve cam inside appeared to separate from the housing.Due to this malfunction, the patient underwent revision surgery on (b)(6) 2020.No patient consequence has been reported.
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The valve was not returned for evaluation (discarded) and no lot number information has been provided; therefore, an evaluation of the device could not be performed, and manufacturing records could not be reviewed.The cause(s) of the difficulty reported by the customer could not be determined.If additional relevant information becomes available in the future, this complaint will be reopened, and the respective evaluation performed.Trends will be monitored for this and similar issues.At present, we consider this complaint to be closed.
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