FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 2990919 · Received March 6, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-00598
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 6, 2013
Date of Event
January 1, 2013
Report Date
February 5, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS INC
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMING HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THIS VNS PATIENT PRESENTED TO HIS PHYSICIAN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS WITH BREAKTHROUGH SEIZURES. THE OUTPUT CURRENT AND DUTY CYCLE WERE INCREASED. THE PHYSICIAN FELT THE PATIENT'S DEVICE WAS NEARING END OF SERVICE DESPITE THE BLC RESULTS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED. THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED FOR PROPHYLACTIC GENERATOR REVISION. ATTEMPTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. SURGERY IS LIKELY BUT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
96136 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS INC 102 014788

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Other