FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 3050907 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-00820
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
November 1, 2013
Report Date
March 11, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS INC
Product Code
MUZ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REVIEW OF PROGRAMMING HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THIS PATIENT'S DEVICE WAS REPLACED DUE TO CLINICAL EOS. THE PATIENT'S CHART INDICATED THE BATTERY EXPIRED AND THAT THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO AN INCREASE IN DEPRESSION OVER THE FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO SURGERY; HOWEVER, THE RELATION TO BASELINE WAS UNKNOWN. THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR FOLLOW-UP TO DETERMINE IF THE EVENTS HAD RESOLVED. ON (B)(6) 2013, THIS VNS PATIENT UNDERWENT GENERATOR REVISION, REPORTEDLY DUE TO END OF LIFE. THE GENERATOR WAS RETURNED, UNDERWENT PRODUCT ANALYSIS, AND WAS FOUND TO BE NOT AT END OF LIFE. THE REPORTED "EOS/ERI" ALLEGATION WAS NOT DUPLICATED IN THE PA LABORATORY. A COMPREHENSIVE AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL EVALUATION SHOWED THAT THE PULSE GENERATOR PERFORMED ACCORDING TO FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS. THERE WAS NO CONDITION NOTED DURING THE PRODUCT ANALYSIS EVALUATION THAT WOULD SUGGEST ANY ANOMALY WITH THE DEVICE. A BLC SHOWED 6.66 YEARS REMAINING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
148617 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR MUZ CYBERONICS INC 102 015484

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR