FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 1963860 · Received December 22, 2010

Report

Report Number
1644487-2010-02881
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 22, 2010
Date of Event
April 1, 2010
Report Date
November 22, 2010
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS INC
Product Code
MUZ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PHYSICIAN COULD NOT INTERROGATE THE PATIENT'S VNS AT A ROUTINE OFFICE VISIT. THE PATIENT HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY IN APRIL AND SINCE THEN SHE HAS HAD SWELLING IN HER LEFT BREAST. THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO INTERROGATE AND PROGRAM THE PATIENT'S VNS ON FOLLOWING THE OPEN HEART SURGERY. NO PROGRAMMING HISTORY IS AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE THE REMAINING VNS BATTERY LIFE. THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO INTERROGATE OTHER PATIENT'S VNS GENERATORS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 MUZ CYBERONICS INC 102

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR