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Product complaint # (b)(4).Information regarding patient weight, height, medical history, race, and ethnicity was not reported.Procode: krd/hcg.Initial reporter: the customer contact information, including name, occupation, phone, fax, and e-mail address, was not reported.A supplemental report will be submitted if new facts arise which materially alter information submitted in a previous mdr report.Complaint conclusion: as reported by a healthcare professional, during a coil embolization, a 9mm x 33cm micrusframe18 coil (mfr180933, l14372) was used as the framing coil but it was not winded as intended.The physician went down the zipper to re-sheath the complaint coil, however, the sheath introducer got damaged and it was not able to be re-sheathed.It was replaced with a competitor¿s (cashmere) and the procedure was completed.There was no prolongation of the procedure due to the event.No excessive force was applied during unsheathing or resheathing.The customer states there is no additional information available.The device was discarded; therefore, no additional investigation can be performed.A manufacturing record evaluation was performed for the finished device l14372 number, and no non-conformances related to the reported complaint condition were identified with the information available and without the product available for analysis, the reported customer complaints of ¿coil - positioning difficulty-poor conformability¿, ¿coil introducer ¿ damaged¿ and ¿coil introducer - zipping difficulty-rezipping¿ could not be confirmed.Based on the device history record review, there is no indication that the events were related to the device manufacturing process.The instructions for use (ifu) instructs on proper positioning of the microcoil system.The ifu also warns: ¿if repositioning of the microcoil is necessary, carefully observe the motion of the microcoil in respect to the dpu wire while retracting the microcoil under fluoroscopy.If the microcoil movement is not one-to-one with the dpu wire, or if repositioning is difficult, the microcoil may have become stretched and could possibly break.Gently remove and discard the microcoil system¿.The ifu also instructs the user to unsheathe a small length of the dpu to unlock the device, then to advance the embolic coil into the microcatheter until the hub connector of the dpu reaches the proximal end of the resheathing tool.This results in the placement of the embolic coil and the more flexible and fragile distal sections of the dpu inside the microcatheter before continuing to unsheathe the device.If the device is unsheathed before advancing into the microcatheter, there is a risk that the embolic coil or the distal end of the dpu will be unsheathed and pass through the resheathing tool.If the resheathing tool passes over the distal end of the dpu, this will expose these flexible sections, which will then be subject to kinking and bending.Once a part of the dpu is kinked or bent, the translucent introducer sheath will not be able to re-form around it, and that section of the device will protrude.Assignment of root cause for the events remains speculative and inconclusive, based on the limited information provided and without the return of the complaint device; however, it is possible that clinical and procedural factors, including device manipulation / interaction, aneurysm size and vessel characteristics, device selection, and the concomitant microcatheter, may have contributed to the reported issues.As part of the post market surveillance program, information from this complaint is trended to identify statistical signals for consideration of further correction action.Since there was no evidence to suggest the events were related to a manufacturing or design issue, no corrective actions will be taken at this time.
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As reported by a healthcare professional, during a coil embolization, a 9mm x 33cm micrusframe18 coil (mfr180933, l14372) was used as the framing coil but it was not winded as intended.The physician went down the zipper to re-sheath the complaint coil, however, the sheath introducer got damaged and it was not able to be re-sheathed.It was replaced with a competitor¿s (cashmere) and the procedure was completed.There was no prolongation of the procedure due to the event.No excessive force was applied during unsheathing or resheathing.The customer states there is no additional information available.
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