FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

MDR report key: 2972674 · Received February 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-00474
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 21, 2013
Date of Event
November 28, 2007
Report Date
January 22, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMING HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAINFUL STIMULATION WHEN THE PHYSICIAN RAN A SYSTEMS DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND HE ABORTED THE TEST. THE PATIENT REPORTED HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PAINFUL STIMULATION AFTER HE LEFT THE APPOINTMENT. REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMMING HISTORY FOR THE PATIENT REVEALED THAT THE SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS THAT WAS RUN LEAD TO THE PATIENT TO HAVE THEIR SETTING CHANGED AS IT WAS NO ABLE TO COMPLETE. THERE WAS NO FINAL INTERROGATION AND THE PATIENT LEFT THE APPOINTMENT AT UNINTENTIONAL SETTINGS WHICH LED TO THE PAINFUL STIMULATION THAT HE EXPERIENCED AFTER THE APPOINTMENT. THE PATIENT RETURNED AT A LATER APPOINTMENT AND THE SETTINGS WERE CORRECTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
76201 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE LYJ CYBERONICS MODEL 250 536290

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR