FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 101

MDR report key: 2863408 · Received December 10, 2012

Report

Report Number
1644487-2012-03255
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 10, 2012
Date of Event
September 6, 2012
Report Date
November 9, 2012
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADVERSE EVENT OR PRODUCT PROBLEM, CORRECTED DATA: THE INITIAL REPORT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED ADVERSE EVENT WHEN PRODUCT PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS THERE WAS NO INTERVENTION THAT WERE TAKEN RELATING TO THE INCREASE IN SEIZURES. TYPE OF REPORTABLE EVENT, CORRECTED DATA: THE INITIAL REPORT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED SERIOUS INJURY WHEN MALFUNCTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS THERE WAS NO INTERVENTION THAT WERE TAKEN RELATING TO THE INCREASE IN SEIZURES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN ONE OF HIS SEIZURE TYPES, UNKNOWN IF ABOVE OR BELOW BASELINE OR IF IT WAS RELATED TO VNS. THE SEIZURES ARE DESCRIBED AS THE PATIENT APPEARING CONFUSED AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS INAPPROPRIATELY, LASTING 20-30 MINUTES WITH NO ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS AND FOLLOWED BY SOMNOLENCE. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TYPES OF SEIZURES ONCE A YEAR AND HAS HAD IT 3 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. GOOD FAITH ATTEMPTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PULSE GEN MODEL 101 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 101 5919

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 43 YR Other