FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACUITY

MDR report key: 1946224 · Received January 4, 2011

Report

Report Number
2124215-2010-20885
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 4, 2011
Date of Event
October 5, 2010
Report Date
October 15, 2010
Manufacturer
CPI - DEL CARIBE
Product Code
OJX
PMA / PMN Number
G050163
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED, OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE PATIENT WITH THIS CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEFIBRILLATOR (CRT-D) AND LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) WAS EXPERIENCING DIAPHRAGMATIC STIMULATION. A REVISION PROCEDURE TOOK PLACE AND TWO EPICARDIAL LEADS OF ANOTHER MANUFACTURER WERE IMPLANTED. UPON CONNECTING THE LEADS TO THE DEVICE THERE WERE HIGH OUT OF RANGE PACING IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS GREATER THAN 2,000 OHMS DISPLAYED. THE CHRONIC LV LEAD WAS CONNECTED TO THE DEVICE AND THE GREATER THAN 2,000 OHMS REMAINED. THE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S DEVICE. THE LV LEAD WAS SURGICALLY ABANDONED. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACUITY IMPLANTABLE HF LEAD OJX CPI - DEL CARIBE 4592

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR 4543| 1488TC| MISMATCH| N119| 1590| (B)(6)| 4592