FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MEDTRONIC KAPPA KSR 401 GENERATOR

MDR report key: 374824 · Received January 30, 2002

Report

Report Number
MW1023972
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 30, 2002
Date of Event
August 8, 2001
Report Date
January 23, 2002
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC INC.
Product Code
DXY
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT WITH A PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTED IN 1999 CALLED THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE WITH COMPLAINTS OF DYSPNEA WITH EXERTION AND FATIGUE. INITIALLY, UPON WALK RATE THE PT HAD ACHIEVED MAXIMUM HEART RATE. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS OF REPROGRAMMING, THE PHYSICIAN WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN AN ADEQUATE WALK RATE FOR THIS PT DESPITE COMBINED SENSOR CAPABILITY OF THE PACEMAKER. PT UNDERWENT PACEMAKER CHANGE OUT IN 2001 WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MEDTRONIC KAPPA KSR 401 GENERATOR IMPLANTABLE GENERATOR DXY MEDTRONIC INC. KSR 401 GENERATOR *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 YR Required Intervention GUIDANT PULSAR MAX II SR 1181 GENERATOR.