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Upon removal of the jetstream device, the distal segment of the guidewire was noted to have separated, with a fragment remaining in the patient.The wire fragment was successfully retrieved using a snare.Retrieval was performed to prevent potential permanent impairment or damage to the patient.Another guidewire was used to complete the procedure.No patient injury was reported.No additional surgery or hospitalization was required.The retained fragment was not intravascular.
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Product was disposed; therefore, no physical or visual analysis could be performed.A review of the device history records of the specimen device does not present any indication of manufacturing defect or anomaly that could have impacted on the event as reported.During manufacturing and packaging of this product the operators are instructed to 100% visually inspect for any obvious defect prior to shipment.The history records indicate this product was final inspection tested at lake region medical and was determined to be acceptable.At this time, it is not possible to assign a definitive root cause for the event as reported.Based on the information provided, it appears that procedural and/or clinical factors have contributed to the event as reported.We reviewed the associated risk documentation relative to this product and confirmed that this incident is listed and that it is trending within the established occurrence threshold.Patient information was not provided; therefore, part a could not be completed.The sections left blank or unknown on this form could not be completed due to missing information.Attempts were made to obtain additional details; however, no further information was provided.Should additional information be received, a follow-up medwatch report will be submitted.Although annex g instructions state that with stand-alone devices annex g term should not be used, code 4755 was selected because the system requires a value in h6(g).
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