FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FINELINE II

MDR report key: 3211307 · Received July 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
2124215-2013-08981
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 8, 2013
Date of Event
May 7, 2013
Report Date
May 8, 2013
Manufacturer
CPI - DEL CARIBE
Product Code
NVN
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED, OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN THE CLINIC SINCE THE END OF 2008. AT A FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT IT OBSERVED THAT THIS RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD WAS HAD INCREASED THRESHOLDS AND INTERMITTENT LOSS OF CAPTURE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE LEAD IMPEDANCES WERE BETWEEN 200 TO 900 OHMS AND, AT THE TIME OF THE CHECK, WERE 1010 OHMS. THE PATIENT HAD AN ESCAPE RHYTHM IN THE 30S, AND WAS TIRED; HOWEVER, NO PAUSES GREATER THAN TWO SECONDS WERE NOTED. SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED WHERE THIS LEAD WAS SURGICALLY ABANDONED AND REPLACED, AND THE PACEMAKER GENERATOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO NORMAL BATTERY DEPLETION. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
311447 FINELINE II IMPLANTABLE LEAD NVN CPI - DEL CARIBE 4457

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Congenital Anomaly| H| L 4457| S603| 4480| 4136