FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 3191287 · Received June 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-01896
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 26, 2013
Date of Event
May 1, 2013
Report Date
June 3, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS INC
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(4) 2013 IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HEARD A ¿NOISE¿ FROM HER GENERATOR TWO WEEKS PRIOR, LIKE A ¿FIZZING SOUND¿ AND THAT AT THAT TIME HER BODY FELT ELECTRIFIED, LIKE ¿HER FINGER WAS IN A LIGHT SWITCH¿. IT WAS STATED THAT THE PROBLEM HASN¿T HAPPENED SINCE THIS ONE OCCURRENCE. THE PATIENT ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD A SEIZURE LAST WEEK, BUT IT HAD BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LAST ONE. ON (B)(6) 2013 THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THE VNS ISN¿T WORKING. A BATTERY LIFE CALCULATION WAS PERFORMED WHICH SHOWED 7.47 YEARS REMAINING UNTIL ERI=YES. DEVICE MANUFACTURING RECORDS WERE REVIEWED. REVIEW OF MANUFACTURING RECORDS CONFIRMED THAT THE GENERATOR PASSED ALL FUNCTIONAL TESTS PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION. THE PHYSICIAN LATER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IS FINE NOW; HE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
291500 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS INC 102 013620

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR