Boston Scientific Corporation device recall (Cls I)

AXIOS Stent and Electrocautery-Enhanced Delivery System - 8mm x 8mm; Material Number (UPN): M00553690; — Reason: Increased reports of stent deployment and expansion issues. The most common outcome reasonably foreseeable resulting from difficulty deploying the stent is prolongation of the procedure to exchange the device for a new one. The most serious reasonably foreseeable outcome in cases where the first flange is unable to deploy or expand would be a cascade of events resulting in additional intervention, either endoscopic or surgical, to remove the stent and close the puncture site. — Status: Ongoing