FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL UNK

MDR report key: 1114028 · Received August 13, 2008

Report

Report Number
1644487-2008-01872
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 13, 2008
Date of Event
December 20, 2001
Report Date
July 16, 2008
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ARTICLE REFERENCE: MARK, FREI G., AND IVAN OSORIO. "LEFT VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION WITH THE NEUROCYBERNETIC PROSTHESIS HAS COMPLEX EFFECTS ON HEART RATE AND ON ITS VARIABILITY IN HUMANS." EPILEPSIA 42 (2001): 1007-0016.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN A SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE THAT A VNS PT EXPERIENCED TACHYCARDIA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF STIMULATION, FOLLOWED BY BRADYCARDIA DURING THE SECOND; A POST-STIMULUS "REBOUND" TACHYCARDIA EVENT WAS ALSO SEEN. THE REPORTER INDICATED THAT PT/PRODUCT INFO FOR THIS STUDY IS UNAVAILABLE AS THE DATA HAS BEEN DE-IDENTIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PULSE GEN MODEL UNK LYJ CYBERONICS, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Life Threatening