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It was reported that the event occurred during an aspiration thrombectomy and an aristotle colossus guidewire broke during the procedure.The physician noted the wire was initially difficult to pull back into the zoom 7x catheter with moderate resistance like other times when a wire felt a little sticky, but it came back.As it was removed from the hub, there was a longer, very thin strand that looked unwound attached to the tip.The physician assumed that must have broken off on the back table when the fellow or tech was handling it, but they were not paying attention to that and were looking at the fluoro screen completing the procedure.This was a one pass, successful aspiration thrombectomy, and the wire was only inserted once, and the wire was only shaped once.The physician did not see any wire left in the patient at the end of the procedure and nothing needed to be retrieved.There was no adverse impact on the patient from the malfunctioned guidewire.
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