FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 3230136 · Received July 16, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-02149
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 16, 2013
Date of Event
January 18, 2013
Report Date
June 20, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS INC
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A CERVICAL FRACTURE. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. PER THE OBITUARY, THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2013. FOLLOW UP WITH THE FUNERAL HOME FOUND THAT THE PATIENT WAS BURIED WITH THE VNS DEVICE; THEREFORE THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
329746 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS INC 102 200670

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Death| O