| Model Number |
NV-4-10-HELIX |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
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| Date of Event |
02/18/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Medtronic submits this report to comply with fda regulations 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to provide 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.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.Medtronic will submit a supplemental report if additional relevant information becomes known.
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Event or Problem Description
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Medtronic received a report that a 4x10 coil advanced through the echelon micro catheter.Upon removal, the radiopaque coil marker bead became detached from the pusher wire and remained in the micro catheter.Subsequent coils would not advance.The bead was suspected to have exited the microcatheter and remained in patient.The reported device and any accessory devices were prepared as indicated in the instructions for use (ifu).No patient symptoms or complications were associated with this event.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Medtronic submits this report to comply with fda regulations 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to provide 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.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.Medtronic will submit a supplemental report if additional relevant information becomes known.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information received reported that the patient was alive and stable.No symptoms were observed related to this event, and no medical surgical intervention was required.The procedure was completed using coil embolization.The cause of the marker detachment was unknown.The coil was detached using detacher.It is suspected that the bead came off after detachment of coil.There was no kink/damage observed on the pushwire.The subsequent coils used were of the model nv-2-8-helix.The coils had come out of the introducer sheath smoothly.There was no kink/damage to the other coils or catheter observed after removal.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Medtronic submits this report to comply with fda regulations 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to provide 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.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.Medtronic will submit a supplemental report if additional relevant information becomes known.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information received reported that the coils experience resistance in the middle of the echelon (echelon 10.017 id) catheter.A continuous saline flush was administered and maintained as indicated in the ifu.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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