BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    VITALITY 2

    MDR report key: 3043310 · Received April 9, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2013-02021
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    April 9, 2013
    Date of Event
    December 27, 2012
    Report Date
    January 24, 2013
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    UPON RECEIPT AT OUR POST MARKET QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, A REVIEW OF DEVICE MEMORY REVEALED THAT THE DEVICE DECLARED ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) AFTER EXPERIENCING TWO CONSECUTIVE CHARGE TIMES GREATER THAN THE EXTENDED MID-LIFE ERI CHARGE TIME LIMIT. THE OBSERVED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE WAS COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE; THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE MONITORING VOLTAGE WAS NORMAL. ALTHOUGH THE BATTERY ITSELF HAD NOT DEPLETED PREMATURELY, ERI WAS TRIGGERED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED BY EXTENDED CHARGE TIMES DUE TO A HIGHER-THAN-TYPICAL BUILDUP OF INTERNAL BATTERY IMPEDANCE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) WAS EXPLANTED DUE TO NORMAL ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) BATTERY STATUS AND WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER ICD. UPON RECEIPT, INITIAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THIS DEVICE DID NOT MEET EXPECTED LONGEVITY PREDICTIONS AS DESCRIBED IN DEVICE LABELING

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    146044 VITALITY 2 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T175

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 82 YR 0125| T175| 1860| 1762| E141