FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PULSE-GENERATOR, PACEMAKER, IMPLANTABLE

MDR report key: 2955593 · Received February 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2182208-2013-00369
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 11, 2013
Date of Event
November 27, 2012
Report Date
November 27, 2012
Manufacturer
RICE CREEK MFG
Product Code
DXY
PMA / PMN Number
P890003
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INTERROGATE THE PATIENT'S IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG), THE STYLUS PEN LOCKED UP. THE PHYSICIAN SHUT THE PROGRAMMER DOWN. WHEN A NEW PROGRAMMER WAS BROUGHT IN AND THE DEVICE INTERROGATED, THE INFORMATION ON THE IPG WAS NOT AVAILABLE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IPG WAS IN A CLEARING MODE AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE DATA; THUS WORKING AS EXPECTED. THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAMMER AND STYLUS PEN IS UNKNOWN. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
57971 PULSE-GENERATOR, PACEMAKER, IMPLANTABLE DXY RICE CREEK MFG 2090W

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00089 YR