FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LEXOS A+/T

MDR report key: 1052009 · Received May 21, 2008

Report

Report Number
1028232-2008-00522
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2008
Date of Event
December 8, 2007
Report Date
April 22, 2008
Manufacturer
BIOTRONIK GMBH AND CO.
Product Code
LWS
PMA / PMN Number
P000009
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

OUS MDR. THE ICD UNDERWENT A STATUS INTERROGATION, WHICH SHOWED THE DEVICE STATUS BOL AFTER AN IMPLANTATION TIME OF 9 MONTHS. THE SHOCK TABLE DOCUMENTS 51 CHARGE PROCESSES, MOST OF THEM ABORTED. THE MEMORY CONTENT OF THE ICD WAS CHECKED. THE RECORDED IEGMS SHOWED INTERFERENCE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN BOTH THE ATRIAL AND IN THE VENTRICULAR CHANNEL. IN CONSEQUENCE, THE SIGNAL SENSING OF THE ICD WAS CHECKED AND PROVED TO BE FREE OF NOISE. THE ICD SENSED APPLIED SIGNALS FREE FROM INTERFERENCE NEXT, THE ICD'S CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE THERAPIES WAS TESTED. THE ANTIBRADYCARDIC OUTPUT SIGNAL WAS NORMAL AND MATCHED THE PROGRAMMED VALUES. A FIBRILLATION SIGNAL WAS APPLIED AND THE DEVICE REACTED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATION WITH A 30-JOULE DEFIBRILLATION SHOCK. THE SPECIFIED ENERGY LEVEL WAS REACHED. THE CHARGE TIME WAS NORMAL WITH 9.5 S. THE ANALYSIS DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INDICATIONS OF A MATERIAL DEFECT OR MANUFACTURING ERROR. THE ICD PROVED TO THE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. IN SUMMARY, THE ANALYSIS OF THE ICD DID NOT INDICATE ANY DEVICE DEFECT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OUS MDR. INAPPROPRIATE VF EPISODES WERE REPORTED AFTER AN IMPLANTATION TIME OF ABOUT 9 MONTHS. ALSO REMOVED WAS A KENTROX A+ 75/15 STEROID, MDR 1028232-2008-00521.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LEXOS A+/T LWS BIOTRONIK GMBH AND CO. 347003

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization