FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ORCHESTRA

MDR report key: 1800151 · Received August 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
9610579-2010-00572
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 10, 2010
Date of Event
July 22, 2010
Report Date
July 23, 2010
Manufacturer
SORIN CRM
Product Code
MRM
PMA / PMN Number
P980049
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
EI
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THIS EVENT CONCERNS A DEVICE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED AND USED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. ANALYSIS IS PENDING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMER INVOLVED IN THIS MDR WAS USED TO INTERROGATE AN ICD (OVATIO DR) AFTER THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE. AL THE TESTS WERE PERFORMED (LEAD IMPEDANCE TESTS, RV/SVC CONTINUITY TEST, SENSING TESTS, PACING THRESHOLD TESTS). PT HAS SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION SO HE WAS PACED CONTINUALLY. THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WERE OBSERVED DURING THE DIFFERENT VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION INDUCTION PROCEDURES PERFORMED THAT DAY ((B)(6) 2010): OVERALL SLOW BEHAVIOR OF THE PROGRAMMER: SLOW OPERATION, SLOW ACCESS TO THE DIFFERENT SCREENS, SLOW PARAMETERS PROGRAMMING PROCESS, A VERY LONG TIME WAS NECESSARY TO REFRESH THE EPISODES. THE PROGRAMMER SCREEN FROZE COMPLETELY UPON FIRST T-WAVE VF INDUCTION: EVERYTHING WAS GREYED OUT AND ALL BUTTONS WERE INACTIVE; NO ECG WAS AVAILABLE. THE ICD OPERATED NORMALLY (SHOCK ON T-WAVE WAS DELIVERED) ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAMMER WAS STILL FROZEN. DIFFICULT TO SELECT AND PROGRAM DFT PARAMETERS. AT THE END OF THE DIFFERENT PROCEDURES (ALL WERE UNSUCCESSFUL TO INDUCE A VF), THE USER WAS UNABLE TO PROGRAM THE ICD BACK TO ITS PREVIOUS SETTINGS WITH THIS PROGRAMMER. ANOTHER PROGRAMMER WAS USED TO INTERROGATE THE ICD; HOWEVER, NO EPISODE DATED (B)(6) 2010 COULD BE RETRIEVED FROM THE IMPLANT MEMORY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ORCHESTRA MRM SORIN CRM ORCHESTRA 0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1