FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 103

MDR report key: 3232870 · Received July 18, 2013

Report

Report Number
1644487-2013-02165
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 18, 2013
Date of Event
June 6, 2013
Report Date
June 17, 2013
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CLINIC NOTES DATED (B)(6) 2013 WERE RECEIVED ON (B)(4) 2013. THE NOTES INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT HAS NOT HAD ANY EPISODES CONCERNING FOR SEIZURES EVEN AFTER A MEDICATION CHANGE TO GENERIC LAMICTAL. THE PATIENT HAD HIS LAST SEIZURE ON (B)(6) 2012 BUT HAS HAD SOME MINOR WORSENING IN SEIZURE FREQUENCY. THE PATIENT DID NOT REPORT ANY MEDICATION-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS. THE PATIENT¿S DEVICE WAS INTERROGATED, AND A MAGNET MODE DIAGNOSTIC WAS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. THE DEVICE REPORTEDLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 25% OF BATTERY REMAINING. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MODERATE PAIN IN THE NECK WITH MAGNET SWIPES. AN IMPLANT CARD INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT GENERATOR REVISION ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO NEOS=YES. THE EXPLANTED PRODUCT IS NOT EXPECTED FOR RETURN PER HOSPITAL POLICY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOW-UP WITH THE PHYSICIAN SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT ACTUALLY DID NOT EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN SEIZURES: THIS WAS MISWRITTEN IN THE NOTES. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT GENERATOR REVISION DUE TO END OF SERVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
335123 PULSE GEN MODEL 103 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 103 201065

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 14 YR Other