As reported, when taking the 100 cm.6 fr.Vista brite tip xb 3.5 guiding catheter (gc) out of the box, the sterile packaging was noted to be already a bit opened.There was no reported patient injury.The product is being returned for inspection.Additional information received indicated that the product was not re-opened and put back in the box.There was no damage noted to the packaging or the box.The product was not clinically used in a patient.Another guiding catheter was used to complete the procedure successfully.No additional information is available.
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As reported, when taking the 100 cm.6 fr.Vista brite tip xb 3.5 guiding catheter (gc) out of the box, the sterile packaging was noted to be already a bit opened.There was no reported patient injury.The product is being returned for inspection.Additional information received indicated that the product was not re-opened and put back in the box.There was no damage noted to the packaging or the box.The product was not clinically used in a patient.Another guiding catheter was used to complete the procedure successfully.No additional information is available.One non-sterile 6f.070 xb 3.5 100cm was received coiled in a plastic bag.Per visual analysis, the product package was not received for analysis.No other anomalies were found on the returned device.Review of lot 17259929 revealed no anomalies during the manufacturing and inspection processes that can be associated with the reported complaint.The event reported by the customer as ¿packaging/pouch/box - compromised sterility-seal open¿ could not be properly evaluated since the involved packaging/pouch/box was not received for analysis.The cause of the experience reported by the customer could not be determined.According to the product instructions for use, users are cautioned to not use open or damaged packages, as was done in this case.Neither the analysis nor the device history record review suggests that the event reported could be related to the manufacturing process.Therefore, no corrective or preventative actions will be taken at this time.
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