FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LEAD MODEL 302

MDR report key: 2933222 · Received January 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-00230
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 29, 2013
Date of Event
December 19, 2012
Report Date
January 4, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION SUSPECTED BUT DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A VNS PATIENT WAS SEEN IN CLINIC AND THEY HAD HIGH LEAD IMPEDANCE. THE PATIENT WOULD BE REFERRED TO SURGERY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY TRAUMA OR MANIPULATION PRIOR TO THE EVENT. THE PATIENT IS DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED SO POSSIBLE. NO X-RAYS WERE TAKEN BUT THEIR VNS WAS DISABLED ON (B)(6) 2013. THE PATIENT'S NEUROLOGIST FOUND HIGH IMPEDENCE ON (B)(6) 2012 AND THEIR LAST VISIT ON (B)(6) 2012 SHOWED NORMAL DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE PATIENT HAD FULL REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2013 AND THEIR PRODUCTS WERE DISCARDED THEREFORE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. A LEAD BREAK WAS NOT REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE SURGERY. A PIN REINSERTION WAS NOT PERFORMED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
38844 LEAD MODEL 302 LEAD MODEL 302 LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 302-20 200330

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 13 YR