This mdr is being filed after the associated complaint was reviewed under remediation protocol (b)(4) , complaint/mdr retrospective review and remediation and reassessed as reportable.Additional complaint investigation and record remediation was not performed.
Event or Problem Description
It was reported during the patient's paravalvular leak repair procedure, after introducing the loader into the sheath, the pusher was unable to be advanced into the sheath.Resistance was felt and could not be resolved.As a result, another device was used to complete the procedure with no patient injury reported.Per the device evaluation, the tip of the sheath was folded over on itself and nicked in several places.