FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROTECTA XT DR

MDR report key: 3048936 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
9614453-2013-00779
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
January 1, 2013
Report Date
January 24, 2013
Manufacturer
IPG MFG SWITZERLAND
Product Code
LWS
PMA / PMN Number
P980016
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. CONCOMITANT PRODUCT: 5076 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD 2011 (B)(6). (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT BECAME DIZZY AND LIGHTHEADED AND THEN FELL HITTING THEIR HEAD ON THE CONCRETE. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SUBDURAL BLEED. INTERROGATION OF THE PATIENT'S DEVICE REVEALED TWO EPISODES OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF) THAT WERE BOTH ABORTED PRIOR TO THE DEVICE DELIVERING THERAPY, WITH ONE CORRELATING WITH THE SYNCOPAL EPISODE. THE PHYSICIAN FELT THAT THE SYNCOPAL EPISODE THAT LED TO THE PATIENT'S SUBDURAL HEMATOMA WAS DUE TO THE DELAY IN DELIVERING A SHOCK BY THE LONGER INITIAL DETECTION TIME. THE DEVICE REMAINS IN USE. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT IS PART OF THE PAINFREE SMART SHOCK TECHNOLOGY CLINICAL STUDY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
154074 PROTECTA XT DR DEFIBRILLATOR, AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER LWS IPG MFG SWITZERLAND D314DRG

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00062 YR Hospitalization| R 6947 IMPLANTABLE DEFIB LEAD