FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 2810292 · Received October 31, 2012

Report

Report Number
1644487-2012-02749
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 31, 2012
Date of Event
October 3, 2012
Report Date
October 3, 2012
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOW UP WITH THE PHYSICIAN FOUND THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BRADYCARDIA. THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT FILL OUT THE ARRHYTHMIA QUESTIONNAIRE AS IT WAS STATED THAT NO ARRHYTHMIA WAS OBSERVED BY THE OFFICE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE PATIENT HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF BRADYCARDIA; HOWEVER, IT WAS STATED THAT THE EKGS WAS CONSISTENT WITH SINUS BRADYCARDIA. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012, A PEDIATRICIAN CALLED TO REPORT THAT THEIR PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN SEIZURES, MUSCLE SPASMS, AND HAD A CLICKING NOISE EMANATING FROM HIS NECK. THESE EVENTS ARE ADDRESSED IN (MFR # 1644487-2012-02809). DURING THIS CALL IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE PATIENT HAD MILD BRADYCARDIA. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF THE BRADYCARDIA IS RELATED TO THEIR VNS THERAPY OR NOT, AS ALL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 102 200828

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 19 YR