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It was reported that during a vascular case, contrast was leaking from the side of the crosscath support catheter during injection.No blood loss was noted.The patient did not require any additional procedures due to this occurrence. according to the initial reporter, the patient did not experience any adverse effects due to this occurrence.
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Investigation ¿ evaluation: a review of the complaint history, device history record, documentation, drawing, quality control, and a visual inspection of the returned device were conducted during the investigation.The visual inspection of the returned device confirmed the presence of a leakage at distal end of the strain relief.The strain relief was removed to find tubing had fractured off at the distal end of the hub of the device.Additionally, a document based investigation evaluation was performed.There is no evidence to suggest the product was not made to specifications.A review of the device history record showed no nonconforming events which could contribute to this failure mode.It should be noted there were no other reported complaints for this lot number.Based on the information provided, the examination of the returned product, and the results of our investigation, a definitive root cause could not be determined.We will continue to monitor for similar complaints.Per the quality engineering risk assessment, no further action is required.
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