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AB35W08040135 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Burst Container or Vessel (1074)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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| Date of Event |
07/16/2018
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event or Problem Description
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The physician was attempting to use an evercross balloon dilation catheter to treat a moderately calcified mid right common iliac artery.The vessel had little tortuosity and the lesion had resulted in 90% stenosis.The device was prepped with no issues identified.There was no resistance encountered advancing the device and it did not pass through a previously deployed stent.During the first balloon inflation at 7atm the balloon burst.The procedure used a non-mdt inflation device.There were no balloon fragments.All of device was withdrawn from the patient without intervention.The artery was stented with a 10x40 protege, and post dilated with a competitive balloon to complete the procedure.The use of the protege was planned.No patient injury was reported.
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