FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

N/A

MDR report key: 2951495 · Received February 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-01554
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 9, 2013
Date of Event
November 26, 2012
Report Date
March 12, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
NVZ
PMA / PMN Number
P980035/S043
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND ANALYZED. THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES FOUND.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SYNCOPE AND BECAME FEBRILE, AND FOUND THAT THE PATIENT HAD STAPH BACTEREMIA INFECTION. IT WAS NOTED BY THE PHYSICIAN THAT THE DEVICE POCKET APPEARED NORMAL AND THERE WAS NO VEGETATION ON THE LEAD. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD THE SAME INFECTION PREVIOUSLY, PRIOR TO THE DEVICE SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED. THE LEADS AND DEVICE WERE REMOVED, AND ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT PRESCRIBED. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
57159 N/A PULSE GENERATOR, PERMANENT, IMPLANTABLE NVZ MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO VEDR01

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00073 YR Hospitalization| R 5076 X2 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEADS