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1012452-15 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Patient Involvement (2645)
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| Date of Event |
11/25/2016
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).During processing of this complaint, attempts were made to obtain complete event, patient and device information.The device is not returning for evaluation as it is being retained by the hospital.Investigation is not yet complete.A follow-up will be submitted with all relevant information.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that prior to use, the 3.75x15 mm nc trek rx balloon was stuck in the protective sheath; the protective sheath could not be removed and the shaft separated.The nc trek was not used for the procedure.There was no patient involvement and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.An unspecified balloon catheter was used to complete the procedure.No additional information was provided.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).The device was not returned for analysis.The complaint investigation determined the reported difficulty was related to manufacturing issues associated with the protective sheath.On march 14, 2017, abbott vascular decided to initiate a voluntary field action for some sizes and lots of the nc trek family of dilatation catheters for difficulty to remove sheath which may lead to inflation or deflation issues.Abbott vascular performed a comprehensive investigation which included device analysis, manufacturing evaluation and trend analysis.The root cause identification was complicated by the fact that users were describing multiple symptoms when reporting the complaints.To date, the frequency of worldwide reported events for difficulties removing the protective balloon sheath, inflation and deflation has reached an actionable limit, thus abbott vascular communicated the voluntary field action to the fda on march 17, 2017 [medwatch # 2024168-2017-02310].Corrective action has been implemented per site operating procedures.The product will continue to be trended.The abbott internal recall number is 2024168-3/14/2017-002-r.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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