BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    VITALITY

    MDR report key: 1863734 · Received October 11, 2010

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2010-16317
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    October 11, 2010
    Date of Event
    August 3, 2010
    Report Date
    August 3, 2010
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    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 Q3 2010 PRODUCT PERFORMANCE REPORT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CRM RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) WAS EXPLANTED DUE TO NORMAL BATTERY DEPLETION AND WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BOSTON SCIENTIFIC ICD. UPON RECEIPT, INITIAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THIS DEVICE DID NOT MEET EXPECTED LONGEVITY PREDICTIONS AS DESCRIBED IN DEVICE LABELING.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 VITALITY IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T127

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 80 YR E110| 7070| 4470| 6949| T127