FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

MDR report key: 1840045 · Received September 15, 2010

Report

Report Number
1644487-2010-02091
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 15, 2010
Date of Event
July 26, 2006
Report Date
August 16, 2010
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMING HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING REVIEW OF PROGRAMMING HISTORY FOR THIS VNS PT'S IMPLANTED PULSE GENERATOR TO PERFORM A BATTERY LIFE CALCULATION, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT ON (B)(6) 2006, AFTER THE DEVICE WAS INITIALLY INTERROGATED, A SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED BY THE PHYSICIAN WHICH "FAULTED" AND THE TEST DID NOT COMPLETE. THE PHYSICIAN THEN RE-INTERROGATED THE DEVICE AGAIN AND THE SETTINGS WERE REPROGRAMMED TO THE SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC TEST SETTINGS. THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT RE-PROGRAM THE SETTINGS TO THE INITIALLY INTERROGATED SETTINGS, AND THUS THE PT LEFT THE OFFICE AS THE UNINTENDED SETTINGS. THE PT'S DEVICE WAS INTERROGATED NEXT ON (B)(6) 2006, WHERE THE SETTINGS WERE PROGRAMMED BACK TO THE INTENDED SETTINGS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 250 364709

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 36 YR