Medtronic investigating cause of Sherpa Vector guiding catheter friction following safety alert.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
MEDTRONIC INVESTIGATING SHERPA VECTOR GUIDING CATHETER FRICTION that was the subject of a safety alert initiated by the firm in a Nov. 25, 1996 letter to physicians. The letter was sent after several physicians reported experiencing resistance when they attempted to pass interventional therapeutic devices through the lumen of the catheters.