FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROTECTA DR

MDR report key: 3153088 · Received June 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-08875
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 8, 2013
Date of Event
February 22, 2013
Report Date
March 1, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
LWS
PMA / PMN Number
P980016
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND ANALYZED, THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES FOUND. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 694765 IMPLANTABLE TACHY LEAD: (B)(6) 2009. 4076 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD: (B)(6) 2013. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A WEEK AFTER IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) CHANGE, THERE WAS AN ALERT FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD IMPEDANCE OUT OF RANGE. THE POCKET WAS RE-OPENED, AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CHRONIC SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (SVC) COIL WAS NOT COMPLETELY SECURED IN THE HEADER OF THE ICD. UPON RECONNECTING THE DEVICE, THE COIL IMPEDANCE JUMPED TO A HIGH MEASUREMENT. BLOOD WAS REPORTED IN THE HEADER OF THE DEVICE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THERE MAY BE A SET SCREW ISSUE. THE ICD WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE RV LEAD EXHIBITED INTERMITTENT HIGH IMPEDANCE ON THE HIGH VOLTAGE (HV) COIL IMPEDANCE. DETECTIONS WERE TURNED OFF ON THE LEAD, AND A FEW DAYS LATER, THE RV LEAD WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
255237 PROTECTA DR DEFIBRILLATOR, AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER LWS MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO D334DRG

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00056 YR Hospitalization| R