FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BIPOL LEAD MODEL 300

MDR report key: 2241438 · Received August 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
1644487-2011-01879
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 18, 2011
Date of Event
July 19, 2011
Report Date
July 19, 2011
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE FAILURE IS SUSPECTED, BUT IT DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD HIGH IMPEDANCE. THE PATIENT'S SETTINGS HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE (B)(6) 2011, BUT THE PATIENT DID HAVE A SEIZURE TYPE INVOLVING A HEAD DROP. A FEW WEEKS PRIOR, THE PATIENT HAD AN ATONIC HEAD DROP WHERE THE NECK SEEMED TO BE STRAINED IN ITS POSITION. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT A REVISION SURGERY IN THE FUTURE WAS LIKELY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BIPOL LEAD MODEL 300 LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 302-20 201132

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 17 YR Male