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As reported, during a thrombectomy, a roadrunner nimble hydrophilic wire guide was sticky and difficult to advance.The patient experienced excessive bleeding.Pressure was held and sutures were placed to manage the bleeding, which stopped.Additional information has been requested.
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Blank fields on this form indicate the information is unknown, unchanged, or unavailable.Summary of event: as reported, during a thrombectomy, a roadrunner nimble hydrophilic wire guide was sticky and difficult to advance.The patient experienced excessive bleeding.Pressure was held and sutures were placed to manage the bleeding, which stopped.Investigation evaluation: reviews of the complaint history, device history record, instructions for use (ifu), manufacturing instructions, and quality control procedures were conducted during the investigation.The complaint device was not returned to cook for investigation.A document-based investigation evaluation was performed.No related non-conformances were found.One additional complaint was found on this lot; however, the complaint was reported by the same user facility for the same failure mode.Although there has been a total of two lot related complaints for this failure mode, there is no suspected manufacturing cause of this failure.There are 100% inspections to capture this failure mode prior to distribution and there is objective evidence that the dhr was fully executed.The product ifu warns ¿always keep the surface of the wire guide wet during use for optimal results.¿ the information provided upon review of the dmr, dhr, and ifu suggests that there is evidence the device was manufactured to specification.There is no evidence of non-conforming devices in-house or in the field.Cook has concluded that sufficient inspection activities are in place to identify this failure mode prior to distribution.Based on the information provided and the results of the investigation, cook has concluded that a component failure unrelated to manufacturing contributed to this incident.The risk analysis for this failure mode was reviewed and no additional escalation was required.The appropriate personnel have been notified and cook will continue to monitor for similar events.This report is required by the fda under 21 cfr part 803 and is based on unconfirmed information submitted by others.Neither the submission of this report nor any statement contained herein is intended to be an admission that any cook device is defective or malfunctioned, that a death or serious injury occurred, nor that any cook device caused, contributed to, or is likely to cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if a malfunction occurred.
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