A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS AND INSPECTION RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND NO SIMILAR CONCERNS WERE FOUND. NO SAMPLES OR PHOTOS WERE RETURNED, SO THE ISSUE COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. SINCE THE SAMPLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN AND THERE WERE NO CONCERNS NOTED IN THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTATION, NO FURTHER EVALUATION CAN BE CONDUCTED AT THIS TIME.
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Patient 1
THE INSULATION RIGHT BEHIND THE TIP CAME FREE WHEN THE USER PULLED BACK ON THE HANDLE. OF COURSE, THIS HAPPEN WHILE IN THE HEART. THE USER THINKS THE SPRING WAS CAUGHT ON THE TRICUSPID VALVE. IT TOOK ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF MANIPULATING AND THE USER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FREE IT WITHOUT RIPPING THE VALVE.