It was reported that the jetstream catheter became stuck on the non-bsc wire.A 1.6 mm jetstream catheter was selected for a procedure in the superficial femoral artery (sfa).During the procedure, the catheter would not track appropriately over the non-bsc filter wire.The device was removed and the procedure was completed with a different device.There were no patient complications reported and the patient's status post procedure was fine.Returned product consisted of a jetstream sc-1.6 atherectomy catheter.The device and the catheter shaft were analyzed for damage.The guidewire was not stuck or returned with the device.Visual analysis showed that the device showed damage in the form of 2 kinks on the shaft.The 1st kink was located 1.3cm from the tip and the 2nd kink was located 20.5cm from the tip.A thruway test guidewire was attempted to be put into the device.The wire would not go past the tip area.The tip was removed from the catheter shaft and the internal area of the tip was occluded with guidewire coating from the spider wire that the customer intended to use.It was noticed per the customers returned statement that the guidewire used during the procedure was a spider filter wire.This wire is not on the compatible guidewire list.If the customer site used a non-compatible guidewire they may experience guidewire or device performance issues.Functionality testing was completed by connecting the device to the jetstream console.The device ran as designed with no issues or errors.Inspection of the remainder of the device, revealed no damage or irregularities.
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