FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

COGNIS

MDR report key: 2053304 · Received April 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
2124215-2011-03999
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 13, 2011
Date of Event
February 3, 2011
Report Date
March 4, 2011
Manufacturer
GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
Product Code
NIK
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 DEVICE RECEIVED 10 SHOCKS. AN INTERROGATION OF DEVICE HISTORY SHOWED THE PATIENT IN SVT AROUND 140 BPM. THE DEVICE CHECK PROVED NORMAL IN REGARDS TO SENSING AND IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS. THE PHYSICIAN EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH THE DEVICE MEMORY DATA, AS THE EPISODES HAD BEEN OVERWRITTEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE PHYSICIAN COMMENTED ON THE APPLICATION OF THE DEVICE APPLIED DISCRIMINATORS AND THEIR LIMITED PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION. NO SPECIFIC ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED AND THE DEVICE WAS REPROGRAMMED FOR THIS PATIENT'S SPECIFIC CARDIAC RHYTHM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 COGNIS IMPLANTABLE CHF PULSE GENERATOR NIK GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND N108

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1