FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ZOOM

MDR report key: 3232013 · Received July 17, 2013

Report

Report Number
2124215-2013-11346
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 17, 2013
Date of Event
June 19, 2013
Report Date
June 19, 2013
Manufacturer
GUIDANT PUERTO RICO BV
Product Code
KRG
PMA / PMN Number
P910077
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 DURING AN IN-CLINIC FOLLOW UP, THE PATIENT WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR WITH THE WAND FROM THIS PROGRAMMER OVER THE IMPLANTED PACEMAKER. WHILE PRINTING REPORTS FROM THE PROGRAMMER TO AN EXTERNAL PRINTER, PACING INHIBITION FOR GREATER THAN TWO SECONDS WAS OBSERVED. THE PATIENT IS PACEMAKER DEPENDENT AND HAD EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS. NO NOISE WAS OBSERVED, JUST PURE PACING INHIBITION. THE PROGRAMMER WAND CORD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ABRADED INSULATION. SENSITIVITY PROGRAMMING CHANGES WERE MADE AND NO FURTHER PACING INHIBITION WAS OBSERVED. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
332730 ZOOM KRG GUIDANT PUERTO RICO BV 3120

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR 430-07| 432-03| 1298| 294-09| S606