As reported, an elunir 2.0x33 us drug-eluting stent was being deployed in a heavily calcified anterior tibial artery and during inflation the balloon popped, and the stent came off the balloon and had no wall apposition.There was no reported patient injury.The stent was floating in the proximal portion of the at.The operator was able to successfully retrieve the stent through a catheter by using a separate balloon as a snare.There was severe lesion calcification.There was not any vessel tortuosity.There was moderate vessel angulation.The device was being used to treat chronic total occlusion.The product looked normal when removed from its packaging.There was not any difficulty removing the product from the hoop.There was not any difficulty removing the protective balloon cover.There was not any difficulty removing the stylet or any of the sterile packaging components.There were not any kinks or other damages noted prior to inserting the product into the patient.The device did prep normally.The contrast to saline ratio was 30-70.The same indeflator was used successfully with other devices.There was not any resistance/friction while inserting the balloon through the rotating hemostatic valve.There was not any resistance/ friction while inserting the balloon through the guide catheter.The catheter was never in an acute bend.The rupture did not occur while advancing the balloon to the lesion.The maximum inflation pressure was 8 atmospheres (atm).The product was removed intoact from the patient.No other anomalies were noted when the device was removed from the patient.
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