FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

POLYROX PX 53/15-BP

MDR report key: 1883295 · Received October 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
1028232-2010-02209
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 22, 2010
Date of Event
September 24, 2010
Report Date
September 24, 2010
Manufacturer
BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
Product Code
NVZ
PMA / PMN Number
P950037
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BOTH MALFUNCTION AND SERIOUS INJURY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT HAD A DEVICE CHANGE OUT LAST WEEK. AFTER THE DEVICE CHANGE OUT THE ATRIAL AND VENTRICULAR LEADS EXHIBITED PAUSES. NO CHANGES IN THRESHOLD OF IMPEDANCE WERE NOTED FOR EITHER LEAD; HOWEVER, PROVOCATIVE TESTING OF THE LEADS SHOWED NOISE ON BOTH THE ATRIAL AND THE VENTRICULAR LEADS WHEN THE PT LAID ON HER RIGHT SIDE. RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE LEADS. ON (B)(6) 2010 -BASED ON ADD'L INFO AND STRIPS, THE NOISE REPORTED WAS EXTERNAL NOISE AND THE PHYSICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE DEVICE. ON (B)(6) 2010, THIS LEAD WAS CAPPED DUE TO PACING PAUSES. THE PT ALSO HAD (B)(6) .

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 POLYROX PX 53/15-BP PACER LEAD NVZ BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG 130050

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Hospitalization