FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ADVISA DR MRI SURESCAN

MDR report key: 2964351 · Received February 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
9614453-2013-00326
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 15, 2013
Date of Event
November 29, 2012
Report Date
November 29, 2012
Manufacturer
IPG MFG SWITZERLAND
Product Code
NVZ
PMA / PMN Number
P980035
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US WHERE THE SAME MODEL IS DISTRIBUTED. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. THIS MODEL NUMBER IS NOT APPROVED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES, HOWEVER, IT IS SIMILAR TO A DEVICE MARKETED IN THE U.S. THE EVENT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO AN ALLEGED MALFUNCTION. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY : THE DEVICE AND FULL RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD WERE RETURNED AND ANALYZED; ANALYSIS REVEALED NO ANOMALIES. THERE WAS BLOOD IN/ON THE HELIX MECHANISM OF THE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PACING SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN THE PACEMAKER-DEPENDENT PATIENT AND WHEN THE TEMPORARY PACEMAKER WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE NEW SYSTEM APPLIED, THE DEVICE WAS NOT PACING AND THE PATIENT'S HEART RATE WAS VERY SLOW. THE ISSUE COULD NOT BE REPEATED SO THE SYSTEM REMAINED IN USE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD HAD LOW THRESHOLD, INTERMITTENT PACING, LOW R WAVE SENSING, AND THE LEAD WAS UNDERSENSING. THE DEVICE AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD WERE EXPLANTED AND REPLACED. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
66778 ADVISA DR MRI SURESCAN PULSE GENERATOR, PERMANENT, IMPLANTABLE NVZ IPG MFG SWITZERLAND A3DR01

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00066 YR Hospitalization| L| R (B)(4) X2 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEADS