FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CAPSUREFIX NOVUS

MDR report key: 1011246 · Received January 25, 2008

Report

Report Number
1011246
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 25, 2008
Date of Event
January 22, 2008
Report Date
January 25, 2008
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC INC. CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT
Product Code
DTB
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
VA, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEADS DID NOT APPEAR TO FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN THEY WERE IMPLANTED. THERE WAS ABNORMALLY HIGH LEAD IMPEDANCE. THIS WAS OF CONCERN TO THE PHYSICIAN BECAUSE THE SAME THING HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN IMPLANTING THE SAME TYPE OF LEADS (I.E. SAME CATALOG #, ETC.) THOSE LEADS WERE NOT SAVED, AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME AN EVENT LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CAPSUREFIX NOVUS LEAD, PACEMAKER DTB MEDTRONIC INC. CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT 5076 *
2 * LEAD, PACEMAKER DTB MEDTRONIC INC. CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT 5076 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR NO OTHER THERAPIES| NO OTHER THERAPIES