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SR-0840-CS |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Use of Device Problem (1670)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
03/23/2026
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the stent was inadvertently deployed in the right carotid artery instead of the left carotid artery, requiring additional surgical intervention.An enroute transcarotid stent was selected for use in a left side transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure.Procedure was completed successfully with no complications.At the one month follow up visit, the physician noted that the stent had been inadvertently deployed in the right carotid artery instead of the left carotid artery.The physician explained that the incision was made using on table duplex ultrasound guidance and believes the location was closer to the sternal notch and the patients right subclavian passed over it.The physician performed another tcar to treat the left side and the procedure was completed successfully.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the stent was inadvertently deployed in the right carotid artery instead of the left carotid artery, requiring additional surgical intervention.An enroute transcarotid stent was selected for use in a left side transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure.Procedure was completed successfully with no complications.At the one month follow up visit, the physician noted that the stent had been inadvertently deployed in the right carotid artery instead of the left carotid artery.The physician explained that the incision was made using on table duplex ultrasound guidance and believes the location was closer to the sternal notch and the patients right subclavian passed over it.The physician performed another tcar to treat the left side and the procedure was completed successfully.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation results:
device history record (dhr) review:
a review of the manufacturing documentation associated with this lot was performed, and it was found that one defective unit was rejected during the final assembly of this lot.It was confirmed that the unit was properly segregated and discarded.No manufacturing deviations were identified that could be related to the reported complaint.The review did not suggest that the adverse event experienced by the customer could be related to the manufacturing process.Labeling review:
review of the instructions for use (ifu) confirmed there was relevant content and sufficient guidance with respect to the circumstances described within this complaint.No updates are required to the ifu as a result of this event.Risk review:
a review of the enroute transcarotid stent 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.Investigation conclusion:
based on a thorough review of the reported complaint, boston scientific has assigned an investigation conclusion code of unintended use error caused or contributed to event.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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