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On (b)(6) 2025, plaintiff underwent placement of an angiodynamics smartport port catheter product, with model number h787ct80stpd0, and lot number a0225043.This smartport device consisted of a port body and a polyurethane catheter.The smartport device was implanted by dr.(b)(6), at (b)(6) medical center in (b)(6), for the purpose of ongoing chemotherapy treatment.On (b)(6) 2026, plaintiff presented to (b)(6) hospital in (b)(6), with complaints of a persistent fever and edema of the right arm.Blood cultures were drawn from the smartport and came back positive for sepsis.Imaging demonstrated a partially occluded thrombus at the junction of the right internal jugular and subclavian vein.
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