BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    COGNIS

    MDR report key: 3210884 · Received July 8, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2013-07345
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    July 8, 2013
    Date of Event
    April 17, 2013
    Report Date
    May 10, 2013
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWP
    Removal / Correction Number
    Z-0025-2014
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    UPON RECEIPT AT OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, THIS DEVICE WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED AND ANALYZED. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE MEMORY CONFIRMED TWO LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY FAULTS (FAULT CODE 1003) HAD BEEN RECORDED. EXTERNAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DEVICE NOTED NO ANOMALIES. INITIAL AUTOMATED TESTING VERIFIED BASIC SENSING, PACING AND SHOCKING FUNCTIONS OF THE DEVICE. AFTER THE TITANIUM CASE WAS OPENED, MICROSCOPIC VISUAL INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY IRREGULARITIES. THE BATTERY WAS THEN REMOVED, SO THAT AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE DEVICE FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CURRENT USAGE WAS OBSERVED. ELECTRICAL TESTING ISOLATED THE HIGH CURRENT CONDITION TO TWO COMPROMISED LOW VOLTAGE CAPACITORS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE DEVICE¿S BATTERY. THIS TYPE OF COMPONENT MALFUNCTION CAN RESULT IN A HIGH CURRENT DRAIN, WHICH OVER TIME CAN RESULT IN PREMATURE BATTERY DEPLETION, AS WAS OBSERVED IN THIS CASE.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE DEVICE WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND THIS PRODUCT ISSUE WILL BE UPDATED WHEN TESTING IS COMPLETE.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HAS ISSUED AN ADVISORY COMMUNICATION REGARDING AN OLDER SUBSET OF COGNIS/TELIGEN DEVICES THAT IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS ANOMALY. SPECIFICALLY, THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOW VOLTAGE CAPACITOR MAY BE COMPROMISED OVER TIME, CAUSING AN INCREASED CURRENT DRAIN THAT CAN LEAD TO PREMATURE BATTERY DEPLETION. THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE WAS INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY POPULATION.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT A LATITUDE YELLOW ALERT WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS SYSTEM STATING THAT VOLTAGE WAS TOO LOW FOR PROJECTED REMAINING CAPACITY AND A FAULT CODE 1003 WAS OBSERVED. THE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    312017 COGNIS IMPLANTABLE CHF PULSE GENERATOR LWP GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND N119

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 84 YR Hospitalization| L H177| 0185| N119| 4543| 4470