BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    VITALITY 2

    MDR report key: 3053572 · Received April 11, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2013-04963
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    April 11, 2013
    Date of Event
    March 1, 2013
    Report Date
    April 1, 2013
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    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.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    UPON COMPLETION OF THE ANALYSIS, THIS EVENT WILL BE UPDATED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS DEVICE REACHED ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) WITH A BATTERY OF 2.64 V AND CHARGE TIME OF 21.5 SECONDS. A REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. THIS DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OF PREMATURE BATTERY DEPLETION. UPON RECEIPT TO THE POST MARKET QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, INITIAL ANALYSIS PERFORMED INDICATING THIS DEVICE DID NOT MEET LONGEVITY. FURTHER ANALYSIS WILL BE PERFORMED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    155628 VITALITY 2 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T167

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 4574| A135| E163| 0148| T167