GRAFTMASTER

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING AT THIS TIME. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE FINAL REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS TO TREAT A PERFORATION IN THE LEFT CIRCUMFLEX (LCX) ARTERY WITH MODERATE CALCIFICATION AND MODERATE TORTUOSITY. THE 2.8X19MM GRAFTMASTER COVERED STENT FAILED TO CROSS DUE TO THE ANATOMY. ANOTHER GRAFTMASTER STENT WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECT AND NO CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DELAY REPORTED IN THE PROCEDURE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. PRODUCTION RECORD AND CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS (CAPA) REVIEWS WERE PERFORMED AND REVEALED NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT QUALITY ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, A QUERY OF THE COMPLAINT HANDLING DATABASE FOR THE REPORTED LOT REVEALED THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A LOT SPECIFIC ISSUE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, A DEFINITIVE CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED FAILURE TO ADVANCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. FACTORS THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FAILURE TO ADVANCE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, PATIENT ANATOMICAL MORPHOLOGY, PATIENT DISEASE STATE, PRE-DILATATION STRATEGY, DEVICE PLACEMENT TECHNIQUE, INTERACTION WITH PREVIOUSLY PLACED STENTS OR ACCESSORY DEVICES. IN THIS CASE, IT IS POSSIBLE THE DEVICE MAY HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE MODERATELY CALCIFIED, MODERATELY TORTUOUS LESION DURING ADVANCEMENT, CAUSING THE REPORTED FAILURE TO ADVANCE; HOWEVER, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ACCOUNT AND WITHOUT THE DEVICE TO EXAMINE, THIS CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT QUALITY ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, OR LABELING OF THE DEVICE. CORRECTION: D9 - DEVICE AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION UPDATED FROM YES TO NO.