FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 1933759 · Received December 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
1644487-2010-02818
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 16, 2010
Date of Event
January 1, 2009
Report Date
November 18, 2010
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMING HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED BY PHYSICIAN THAT THE PT HAD AN INCREASE IN SEIZURES A YEAR AGO, UNK IF ABOVE OR BELOW BASELINE. PHYSICIAN DID NOT BEGIN SEEING PT UNTIL AFTER VNS WAS IMPLANTED SO THE SEIZURE FREQUENCY PRIOR TO VNS WAS UNK. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THE CHART INDICATED A "SLIGHT INCREASE IN SEIZURES" AND SHE WAS UNSURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP TO VNS AS THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THERE WERE OTHER CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS THAT PRECEDED THE ONSET OF THE INCREASE IN SEIZURES. THE PT OUTPUT CURRENT WAS INCREASED AND THE INCREASE IN SEIZURES RESOLVED. RECENTLY, PT REC'D HIGH IMPEDANCE DURING DIAGNOSTICS, REPORTED IN MDR 1644487-2010-02817.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 102 014865

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Required Intervention