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FG12531 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Stroke/CVA (1770); Muscle Weakness/Atrophy (1967); Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available (4581)
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| Date of Event |
04/15/2026
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Patient code e2402 was selected to capture the event of dampened electroencephalogram (eeg) signals.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that patient experienced a stroke.An enroute transcarotid neuroprotection system was selected for use in a right sided transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure.During the procedure, the electroencephalogram (eeg) signals dampened, but returned to baseline post procedure.Post procedure the patient experienced a stroke with left hemiparesis upon waking from anesthesia.Imaging was performed and the patient was transferred to a different hospital.The stroke event was assessed by a medical professional as intolerance to flow reversal due to underlying anatomy and cerebral physiology, resulting in a hypoperfusion event.No additional procedures were performed and the patient symptoms resolved.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that patient experienced a stroke.An enroute transcarotid neuroprotection system was selected for use in a right sided transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure.During the procedure, the electroencephalogram (eeg) signals dampened, but returned to baseline post procedure.Post procedure the patient experienced a stroke with left hemiparesis upon waking from anesthesia.Imaging was performed and the patient was transferred to a different hospital.The stroke event was assessed by a medical professional as intolerance to flow reversal due to underlying anatomy and cerebral physiology, resulting in a hypoperfusion event.No additional procedures were performed and the patient symptoms resolved.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Patient code e2402 was selected to capture the event of dampened electroencephalogram (eeg) signals.Updated fields: h6 - evaluation method codes; evaluation conclusion codes.It was confirmed that this device met manufacturing specification prior to distribution and there no manufacturing deviations which could have contributed to the reported event.Review of the instructions for use (ifu) confirmed that the content was sufficient and did not contribute to the reported event; therefore, no updates are required to the document at this time.A review of the enroute transcarotid neuroprotection system device confirmed that the reported event is a known event defined in the product's risk management documentation.This event type has been accounted for during product risk analysis to support acceptable risk benefit for the product.Based on a thorough review of the reported complaint, boston scientific has assigned an investigation conclusion code of known inherent risk of device.
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