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The customer reported that cvicu received the patient from the cvor and noticed on the chest x-ray the ava hf was kinked internally; no serious injury was noted, the line was removed, and no medication was missed due to leaking.Two samples were received from the customer and confirmed the customer's report of kinking of the catheter tubing; centurion's engineering team measured the catheter sheath wall thickness for both returned samples and confirmed the wall thickness was within the specification defined on the drawing, and production records review found no nonconformances related to the component.Based on the complaint details, sample evaluation, and investigation, the complaint was confirmed.While the reported issue of kinking could be confirmed, the root cause for the kinking was unable to be determined, and the supplier quality team will monitor this issue for trending purposes.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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