BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    CONTAK RENEWAL

    MDR report key: 2905460 · Received January 9, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2012-16269
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    January 9, 2013
    Date of Event
    October 2, 2012
    Report Date
    October 2, 2012
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    NIK
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    UPON RECEIPT AT OUR POST MARKET QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, A REVIEW OF DEVICE MEMORY REVEALED THAT THE DEVICE DECLARED END OF LIFE (EOL) FOLLOWING A SINGLE CHARGE TIME GREATER THAN 30 SECONDS. THE OBSERVED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE WAS COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE AND THE RESULTS INDICATED THE MONITORING VOLTAGE WAS NORMAL BASED ON THERAPY USE AND PROGRAMMED SETTINGS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS DEVICE DID NOT EXPERIENCE PREMATURE BATTERY DEPLETION. RATHER, THE ERI TO EOL TIME PERIOD WAS SHORTENED DUE TO A HIGHER-THAN-TYPICAL BUILDUP OF INTERNAL BATTERY IMPEDANCE. THE DEVICE WAS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND TREATING ARRHYTHMIAS, AS THE BATTERY ITSELF HAD SUFFICIENT CAPACITY REMAINING TO PROVIDE THERAPY IF NEEDED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND RETURNED DUE TO BATTERY DEPLETION. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    12930 CONTAK RENEWAL IMPLANTABLE CHF GENERATOR NIK GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND H177

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 51 YR H177| E161| 1852| 6937A| 0185| T175| 0158