MAUDE Adverse Event Report: COVIDIEN PROTEGE EVERFLEX SELF-EXPANDING STENT SYSTEM STANDARD; STENTS, DRAINS AND DILATORS FOR THE BILIARY DUCTS

Catalog Number	PRB35-08-060-120
Medical Device Problem Codes	Difficult to Remove (1528); Activation, Positioning or Separation Problem (2906); Material Deformation (2976)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
Date of Event	07/13/2023
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.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.
Event or Problem Description
A physician was attempting to implant a protégé ef for treatment of a plaque lesion with 85% stenosis in the proximal region of the common iliac artery.There was moderate tortuosity and mild calcification.The device was prepped as per the ifu with no issues identified.The lesion was not pre dilated.The device did not pass through a previously deployed stent.It was reported resistance was encountered during advancement.Stent deformation in vivo during positioning/deployment is reported.The stent got stuck on the sheath and when trying to remove it started to deploy and stent deformation occurred.Another protégé everflex was used.No patient injury.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Additional information: the thumbscrew/lock-pin was checked for securement prior to procedure.The delivery system was safely removed from the patient with no vessel damage.Deformation was noted upon removal from sheath with the stent is flowered at the distal tip.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.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.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.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Image analysis: the customer returned 3 images for evaluation.All 3 images are of, what appears to be, the protégé everflex device with a guidewire in the distal tip of the device.In all 3 photographs it shows a part of the stent exposed from the device.Product analysis: the device was returned with the manifold safety locking pin tightened.The device was identified by the strain relief.The device was returned with approx.3mm of the stent exposed.The deployment paddles are approximately 81mm apart.A 0.035¿ guidewire would not advance passed the kink on the blue outer adjacent to the strain relief.The device was flushed and both annual spaces flushed.The proximal deployment paddle was pinned, and the distal deployment paddle was pulled to fully expose/deploy the stent.The stent was examined and confirmed as 60mm.The distal inner assembly was cut just proximal to the stent retainer to allow further testing.A set of witness marks were noted on the stainless steel hypotube approximately 27mm and 39mm from the distal end of the stainless steel hypotube; indicating that the safety locking pin was properly tightened during manufacturing.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.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.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.

• Brand Name: PROTEGE EVERFLEX SELF-EXPANDING STENT SYSTEM STANDARD
• Common Device Name: STENTS, DRAINS AND DILATORS FOR THE BILIARY DUCTS
• Manufacturer (Section D): COVIDIEN; 4600 nathan lane north; plymouth MN 55442
• Manufacturer (Section G): COVIDIEN; 4600 nathan lane north; plymouth MN 55442
• Manufacturer Contact: alison sweeney ; parkmore business park west; galway ; EI ; 091708096
• MDR Report Key: 17378382
• Report Number: 2183870-2023-00264
• Device Sequence Number: 12361958
• Product Code: FGE
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00821684060247
• UDI-Public: 00821684060247
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter State: SD
• Initial Reporter Country: US
• PMA/510(K) Number: P110023
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: Health Professional,Company Representative
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 09/10/2023

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 02/20/2026
• Device Catalogue Number: PRB35-08-060-120
• Device Lot Number: B522443
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Device Returned to Manufacturer
• Is the Reporter a Health Professional?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 07/13/2023
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 07/28/2023; 08/17/2023
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 07/24/2023
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 08/15/2023; 09/10/2023
• Date Device Manufactured: 02/21/2023
• Is the Device Labeled for Single Use? (Y/N): Yes
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Usage of Device: Initial
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Age: 72 YR
• Patient Sex: Male
• Patient Weight: 59 KG