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The product was returned with the membrane completely unfolded with no visible blood.A sheath was returned unattached to the iab catheter.Two pressure tubings, two dilators, t-handle, 3-way stopcock, and 0.025" guidewire were also returned.The guidewire appeared kinked.A non-maquet guidewire was also returned.An underwater leak test of the balloon, catheter, y-fitting, extracorporeal tubing, pressure tubing, and inner lumen was performed and no leaks were detected.A 0.025¿ laboratory guidewire was inserted through the iab and four occlusions were observed at approximately at 23.3 cm, 28.4 cm, 34.5 cm, and 78.2 cm.These occlusions were able to be cleared.The evaluation confirms the reported problem.We are unable to determine how the inner lumen became occluded.A non-conforming material report review was completed for the reported product.No nonconformances were found that are considered to be related to the event.Reference complaint #(b)(4).
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