FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LUMAX 540 HF-T

MDR report key: 3050553 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
1028232-2013-00914
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
August 19, 2012
Report Date
March 26, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
Product Code
NIK
PMA / PMN Number
P050023
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPON RECEIPT, THE DEVICE WAS INTERROGATED, REVEALING THE BATTERY STATUS MOL2. THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED FOR 50 MONTHS AND 60 CHARGING CYCLES WERE RECORDED TO THE DEVICE MEMORY. THE MEMORY CONTENT OF THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED. DURING THE ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABLE IEGM'S NOISE WAS OBSERVED IN THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR CHANNEL, WHICH LED TO 43 INAPPROPRIATE CHARGING CYCLES OF WHICH 12 RESULTED IN SHOCK DELIVERY. THEREFORE, A SENSING TEST WAS PERFORMED, AND THE DEVICE SENSED THE ATTACHED HEART SIGNALS FREE OF NOISE, PROVING THE SENSING FUNCTION OF THE ICD TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A DEVICE MALFUNCTION. NEXT, THE ICD WAS SUBJECTED TO AN ELECTRICAL ANALYSIS. THE ABILITY OF THE DEVICE TO DELIVER THERAPIES WAS VERIFIED. THE ANTI-BRADYCARDIA PACING PULSES PROVED TO BE FLAWLESS IN AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY AS PROGRAMMED. A FIBRILLATION SIGNAL WAS APPLIED AND THE DEVICE DELIVERED A DEFIBRILLATION SHOCK AS SPECIFIED, DOCUMENTING A CORRECT SENSING AND SHOCK DELIVERY. IN PARTICULAR, THE SPECIFIED ENERGY LEVEL WAS REACHED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OUS MDR - AFTER AN IMPLANTATION PERIOD OF ABOUT 50 MONTHS, INAPPROPRIATE SHOCKS WERE REPORTED. NO OTHER ADVERSE PATIENT SIDE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE ICD AND THE LEAD WERE REPLACED. AN IMPLANT DATE FOR THIS DEVICE WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
152754 LUMAX 540 HF-T CRT-D NIK BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG 360347

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization