FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

KARDIAMOBILE

MDR report key: 10084224 · Received May 22, 2020

Report

Report Number
3009715978-2020-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 22, 2020
Date of Event
April 22, 2020
Report Date
May 21, 2020
Manufacturer
ALIVECOR, INC.
Product Code
DXH
UDI-DI
B210AC0090
PMA / PMN Number
K191406
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALIVECOR RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM USER/PATIENT WHERE IT APPEARS THAT THE USER WHILE EXPERIENCING A HEART ATTACK RECORDED AN ECG AND RECEIVED DEVICE ALGORITHM ANALYSIS OF "NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM". THE PATIENT DID NOT DELAY SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION DUE TO THE KARDIAMOBILE RESULT AND RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ALIVECOR'S KARDIAMOBILE IS A LEAD-I MOBILE ECG DEVICE THAT IS NOT INTENDED TO DETECT HEART ATTACKS. THE DEVICE LABELING SPECIFIES THAT THE DEVICE DOES NOT DETECT HEART ATTACKS. FOR INVESTIGATION, THE ECG FROM THE USER WAS SENT TO A CARDIOLOGIST FOR REVIEW AND ANALYSIS. THE CARDIOLOGIST CONCURRED WITH KARDIAMOBILE DETERMINATION AND CONFIRMED THAT THE ECG FROM THE USER WAS INDEED IN NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION RESULTS, ALIVECOR CONCLUDED THAT THE DEVICE HAD NOT MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE IT PERFORMED AS INTENDED, DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEART ATTACK, AND THE INCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF USER ERROR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT CONTACTED ALIVECOR ON (B)(6) 2020 STATING THAT SHE USED KARDIAMOBILE TO TAKE EKG AND RECEIVED NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM DETERMINATION WHILE EXPERIENCING A HEART ATTACK. THE SPECIFIC COMMENTS FROM THE PATIENT NOTES THAT "ON (B)(6), I STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN, LEFT ARM/SHOULDER PRESSURE/PAIN, NECK AND JAW PAIN. I HAD NOT USED THE KARDIA UNIT IN A WHILE AND HAD TO UPDATE THE APP ON MY PHONE. AFTER MORE THAN FEW ATTEMPTS I GOT A READING THAT SAID NORMAL EKG."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
546116 KARDIAMOBILE MOBILE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM DXH ALIVECOR, INC. AC-009 B210AC0090

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization