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As reported, a 6f/7f mynxgrip vascular closure devices (vcd) failed to deploy the plug properly.Manual compression was held for 15 minutes and there were no reported injuries to the patient.The user shuttled down completely, there was no significant resistance during shuttle down, no unusual force was applied when retracting the sheath, there were no kinks in the sheath or device after removal, and the device storage temperature did not exceed 25 °c.A non-cordis sheath 5f × 10 was used.The device was used in the common femoral artery (cfa).Femoral artery suitability, including the vascular sheath introducer insertion angle, was verified on angiography or venography.The vessel type was arterial, the vessel diameter was verified to be at least 5 mm, there was little to no vessel tortuosity, and there was no peripheral vascular disease (pvd) or calcium near the puncture site.The device was stored and prepared according to the instructions for use (ifu).The mynx vascular closure device (vcd) was used during an interventional peripheral procedure using a retrograde approach.The deployer was mynx certified.The devices will not be returned for evaluation.
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