FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ELECTRODE, PACEMAKER, PERMANENT

MDR report key: 3153034 · Received June 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
2649622-2013-05786
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 8, 2013
Report Date
March 13, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
DTB
PMA / PMN Number
P830061
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US WHERE THE SAME MODEL IS DISTRIBUTED. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER OR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER, THE MANUFACTURING DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: KSR703 IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) (B)(6) 2007. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE REACHED ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. THE DEVICE TRIGGERED ERI ONE MONTH AFTER THE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT WHERE THE AVERAGE LONGEVITY ESTIMATE WAS 20 MONTHS. PROGRAMMING OF THE DEVICE WAS NOT POSSIBLE. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A GRADUAL INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS ON THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD AND RV THRESHOLDS AND OUTPUTS WERE HIGH. THE DEVICE WILL BE REPLACED AND THE LEAD REMAINS IN USE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
256147 ELECTRODE, PACEMAKER, PERMANENT DTB MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 4092

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1