BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    VITALITY 2

    MDR report key: 3802320 · Received May 9, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2014-08006
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    May 9, 2014
    Date of Event
    March 18, 2014
    Report Date
    March 24, 2014
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    UPON RECEIPT AT OUR POST MARKET QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, A REVIEW OF DEVICE MEMORY REVEALED THAT THE DEVICE DECLARED ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) AFTER EXPERIENCING TWO CONSECUTIVE CHARGE TIMES GREATER THAN THE EXTENDED MID-LIFE ERI CHARGE TIME LIMIT. THE OBSERVED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE WAS COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED RATE OF BATTERY USAGE; THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE MONITORING VOLTAGE WAS NORMAL. ALTHOUGH THE BATTERY ITSELF HAD NOT DEPLETED PREMATURELY, ERI WAS TRIGGERED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED BY EXTENDED CHARGE TIMES DUE TO A HIGHER-THAN-TYPICAL BUILDUP OF INTERNAL BATTERY IMPEDANCE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) WAS SUSPECTED TO HAVE PREMATURE BATTERY DEPLETION (PBD). A SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS DONE TO EXPLANT THIS DEVICE AND IMPLANT A NEW DEVICE. THIS DEVICE NO LONGER REMAINS IN SERVICE. NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    280362 VITALITY 2 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T177

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Hospitalization| L| R T177| F141| 0175