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It was reported that during the procedure, the armada 14 percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (pta) catheter which was prepped per instruction of use, ruptured before reaching nominal pressure.There were no adverse patient effects and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.No additional information was provided.
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The device was not returned for evaluation.Production record and corrective and preventive actions (capa) reviews were performed and revealed no indication of a product quality issue.Additionally, a review of the complaint history identified no other similar complaints from this lot.The investigation was unable to determine a conclusive cause for the reported balloon rupture.However, balloon material ruptures can be affected by numerous factors including, but not limited to, balloon damage during processing of the balloon material, materials, inflation technique, and interactions with other devices or lesion calcification.In this case, a conclusive cause for the reported complaint could not be determined since the device was not returned for analysis and limited information was reported.Based on the reported information, there is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to the design, manufacture, or labeling of the device.Correction: d9 - device available for evaluation: updated from yes to no.
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