BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    VITALITY 2

    MDR report key: 3053160 · Received April 11, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2013-04577
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    April 11, 2013
    Date of Event
    March 12, 2013
    Report Date
    March 12, 2013
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Removal / Correction Number
    Z-1513-08 TO Z-1514-08
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    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 NO DEVICE FAILURE DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    154215 VITALITY 2 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T167

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 56 YR T167| 1861| 4470| E143| 0148