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It was reported by a healthcare professional that a during a coiling procedure a g2 helical xtrasoft 2x8 coil failed to detach.The procedure was coiling of a 5mm middle cerebral artery aneurysm.The patient's vessels were not torturous.A pre-deployment check was not performed, upon pressing the power button all the lights had illuminated and the green system ready light illuminated; however, the detachment light did not illuminate during the detachment cycle and there was no audible signal beep.All connections appeared to fit properly without application of excessive force.A new coil was used to complete the procedure.The same connecting cable and dcb were used successfully with the subsequent coils.There were no damages noted to the coil/coil delivery system/detachment system prior to use or after removal.The complaint coil was still attached to the delivery system when removed from the patient and there was no stretching noted on the coil.There were no intra or post procedural complications or surgical delays related to device or reported event.It was initially reported that the complaint product is available for return.
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This is final mdr report submitted for this complaint with associated mfr# 2954740-2017-00041.Limited information was received.Both the identified enpower detachment control box (dcb) and the connecting cable were not returned.The unidentified microcatheter was not returned.Concerning cleanliness only, the microcoil system was returned in almost pristine condition.The system was either not used or was cleaned before being returned which may have produced further damage.It is also unknown if the device was improperly handled for returned packaging or was further manipulated and/or inspected post-procedurally.In addition, any trace or other evidence that may have been complaint related may have been altered or removed prior to being returned due to post-procedural handling, cleaning, and packaging.All location and measurement callouts are approximate and for reference only.The coil was returned undamaged.The detachment fiber did not receive heat and melt.The device positioning unit (dpu) failed electrical testing with resistance at 0.0 ohms (range 48.5/56.0) and the sample enpower and cable systems ready green light failed to illuminate (g2 ifu).Additional manipulation of the distal section of the resistive heating coil caused the resistance to register a still out of specification resistance of >6.05 mega ohms.No manufacturing defects were found.The complaint of the coils non-detachment is confirmed.The dpu failed electrical testing upon receipt.While the exact root cause cannot be determined, the evidence as received highly suggests that the most likely contributing factor to the coils non-detachment may have been due towering damage or a fractured solder joint connection inside the resistive heating coil.The circumstances of how and when this occurred cannot be determined as all microcoil systems are tested to (b)(4) prior to final packaging.It was stated in the complaint report that, ¿¿a pre-deployment check was not performed¿¿ if this is correct, then for optimum product performance and to prevent potential complications, the instructions for use (ifu) recommends, ¿¿verify the functionality of the codman microcoil delivery system before proceeding with microcoil placement.This needs to be done with the microcoil still in the hoop.To verify proper dcb and microcoil functionality a connecting cable and microcoil must be connected to the dcb unit.After verification of the dcb and connecting cable, turn off power to the dcb and disconnect the connecting cable from the microcoil until the microcoil is ready to be detached.Please refer to the detachment control box instructions for use section, located near the end of this document, before proceeding¿¿ in addition, without the return of the complete detachment system and the unidentified microcatheter used in the procedure it cannot be determined if these components contributed to the complaint event.A review of the manufacturing documentation associated with this lot presented no issues during the manufacturing or inspection process that can be related to the reported complaint.Based on the information and the analysis, the event was confirmed.Although a definitive conclusion cannot be made, based on the analysis, it appears that the fracture of the solder joint connection was the primary cause of the event.It is unknown when and how this damage occurred to the coil.Without return of concomitant products it cannot be determined if those components had any additional contributions to the complaint event.Additionally, review of this lot presented no issues during the manufacturing or inspection process that can be related to the reported complaint.Therefore, no corrective actions will be taken at this time.
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