FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CAPSURE SP NOVUS

MDR report key: 2955388 · Received February 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2649622-2013-01013
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 11, 2013
Report Date
November 30, 2012
Manufacturer
MPRI
Product Code
DTB
PMA / PMN Number
P830061
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. CONCOMITANT PRODUCT: 4195 NON-DEFIB LEAD (B)(6) 2011; 6947 DEFIB LEAD (B)(6) 2011. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT THAT THEY WERE DIAGNOSED WITH "DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) THAT PROTRUDES IN THE AXIAL VEIN". PATIENT ALSO REPORTED THAT IT IS A "KNOWN FACT" THAT IMPLANTED HEART DEVICES MAY RESULT IN DVT. THE PATIENT STATES THEY WERE NOT INFORMED OF THIS RISK PRIOR TO IMPLANT BY PHYSICIAN OR MEDTRONIC AND INDICATED DVT IS A "LIFE THREATENING EVENT". THE PATIENT IS WORKING WITH PHYSICIAN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DVT AND QUESTIONED WHAT MEDTRONIC IS DOING TO LOWER RISK MOVING FORWARD. THE DEVICE AND LEADS REMAIN IN USE. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
59721 CAPSURE SP NOVUS ELECTRODE, PACEMAKER, PERMANENT DTB MPRI 4592-53

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Life Threatening (B)(4) BI-V DEFIBRILLATOR