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Complaint complete and event remains reportable.A detailed review of all the lot history records pertaining to the relevant stent and delivery system lots showed no issues that were deemed related to the complaint investigation.Based on the feedback in this case, as well as the review of the complaint images, it is understood that a type 2 stent fracture; multiple single strut fractures, had occurred.Potential root cause: physiological loading although there is some movement in the area of the separated stent struts the artery does not seem to be tortuous or kinked in this area prior to deployment, so movement is an unlikely explanation.As part of this investigation, a query was made to the complaint site regarding the lifestyle of the patient.Information regarding the patient lifestyle was obtained by veryan us regional sales director greg wagg.Feedback from the site explained that this patient does in fact have an active lifestyle due to their profession which requires movement and considerable time spent squatting.It was also noted that the complaint physician; dr miller, also shared the opinion that the patient's lifestyle would be a fitting root cause for the stent fracture seen in this case.Based on the information that is available in this case, and the medical input received from veryan's medical officer, the root cause of the noted stent fracture in this case is physiological loading, and is not related to a device deficiency.As noted by both the veryan medical officer, and the complaint physician, the lifestyle of the patient would have excerpted additional stress on the biomimics 3d stent after its implantation, which would have increased the risk of stent fracture, which ultimately occurred in this case.The root cause of this complaint is likely physiological loading, as the lifestyle of the patient would have excerpted additional stress on the biomimics 3d stent after its implantation.The complaint was categorised as "stent fracture (type ii)" and "physiological loading.The reported complaint is not related to a deficiency of the device.Section g.6 and h.2 were updated to reflect the type of report (follow up 01) and the reason and section h.6 and h.11 were updated to reflect the conclusions of the investigaion and reflected the sections changed in this report.
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