BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    VITALITY 2

    MDR report key: 1852814 · Received October 5, 2010

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2010-14843
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    October 5, 2010
    Date of Event
    July 14, 2010
    Report Date
    July 14, 2010
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    NC
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    A REVIEW OF DEVICE MEMORY REVEALED THAT THE DEVICE DECLARED ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) AFTER EXPERIENCING TWO CONSECUTIVE CHARGE TIMES GREATER THAN THE EXTENDED MID-LIFE ERI CHARGE TIME LIMIT. THE OBSERVED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE WAS COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE; THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE MONITORING VOLTAGE WAS NORMAL. ALTHOUGH THE BATTERY ITSELF HAD NOT DEPLETED PREMATURELY, ERI WAS TRIGGERED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED BY EXTENDED CHARGE TIMES DUE TO A HIGHER-THAN-TYPICAL BUILD-UP OF INTERNAL BATTERY IMPEDANCE. THIS ISSUE IS DISCUSSED IN THE Q2 2010 PRODUCT PERFORMANCE REPORT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CRM RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD), WHICH IS PART OF THE MID-LIFE DISPLAY OF REPLACEMENT INDICATORS PRODUCT UPDATE CLASSIFIED AS A PRODUCT ADVISORY AND INITIALLY COMMUNICATED ON 3/10/2007, DISPLAYED A BATTERY STATUS OF ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI). THE MONITORING VOLTAGE WAS 2.71 VOLTS AND THE CHARGE TIME WAS 20.66 SECONDS. THIS DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS WITHOUT ALLEGATION. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CLINICAL OBSERVATION.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 VITALITY 2 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T177

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 70 YR 0158| 4543| N119| 5076| T177