FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LEAD MODEL 302

MDR report key: 2170956 · Received June 30, 2011

Report

Report Number
1644487-2011-01476
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 30, 2011
Date of Event
December 2, 2010
Report Date
June 2, 2011
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MFR REVIEWED X-RAYS OF THE IMPLANTED DEVICE. X-RAYS REVIEWED BY THE MFR, NO ANOMALIES NOTED. DEVICE FAILURE SUSPECTED, BUT DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT HAS HAD AN INCREASE IN SEIZURES, SAME AS PRE-VNS BASELINE FOR AWHILE. SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS WERE PERFORMED AND INITIALLY GAVE DC/DC CODE = 2. THEY WERE PERFORMED AGAIN AND GAVE DC/DC CODE = 0. THE PHYSICIAN TESTED SEVERAL TIMES IN DIFFERENT PT POSITIONS AND THE DC/DC CODE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 0 AND 2, BUT THE LAST FEW STAYED AT DC/DC CODE = 2. PER PT, STIMULATION IS PERCEIVED MORE WHEN PT IS LAYING ON LEFT SIDE. PT'S SETTINGS WERE CHANGED AT THE END OF THE VISIT. AT THIS TIME NO INTERVENTIONS ARE PLANNED, BUT PT WILL BE MONITORED. PT IS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY PAINFUL OR ERRATIC STIMULATION. X-RAYS WERE SENT TO THE MFR FOR REVIEW AND NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LEAD MODEL 302 LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 302-20 1921

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 41 YR