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A med sun uf/importer report was received which reported the following regarding a trek balloon dilatation catheter: "during a planned, staged high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (pci), a stent balloon broke off and became caught on the strut of the stent disrupting blood flow to the coronary artery.Attempts to retrieve it were unsuccessful and cv surgery was consulted, but declined to take the patient to the or emergently due to his co-morbidities and being fully anti coagulated.The patient was returned to the cardiovascular intensive care unit (cvicu) in critical condition with an impella in place for support.The wire/device packaging was inadvertently thrown away so we are unable to sequester the product." no additional information was provided.
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The device was not returned for analysis.Production record and corrective and preventative actions (capa) reviews were performed and revealed no indication of a product quality issue.Additionally, a query of the complaint handling database for the reported lot revealed there is no indication of a lot specific issue.Based on the information provided, a definitive cause for the reported entrapment of device and balloon separation could not be determined; however, the reported foreign body in patient, unexpected medical intervention and hospitalization appear to be related to circumstances of the procedure.Additionally, a conclusive cause for the reported patient effect of obstruction/occlusion, and the relationship to the product, if any, cannot be determined.Possible factors that can contribute to difficult to remove/resistance post-inflation include, but are not limited to, the balloon not being fully deflated prior to removing the device, loose balloon folds, challenging anatomy, guiding catheter lumen obstructions, kinks, bends or, procedural technique.Factors that may contribute to a separation may include, but not limited to, manufacturing damage, inadvertent mishandling of the device, interaction with the anatomy and/or physician applies excessive force against resistance.The product risk assessment identifies this as a foreseeable event; as such, design and manufacturing controls and mitigations have been established for potential causes.In this case, it is possible that the balloon dilatation catheter (bdc) interacted with the previously implanted stent resulting in the reported resistance and upon further manipulation the device separated and became entrapped in the anatomy; however, a conclusive cause cannot be determined since limited information was provided and the device was not retuned for analysis.The reported patient effect of obstruction/occlusion is listed in the coronary dilatation catheters (cdc), trek rx and mini trek rx, global, instructions for use as a known patient effect.Based on the results of the complaint investigation, there is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to the design, manufacture, or labeling of the device.
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