FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ATTAIN ABILITY STRAIGHT

MDR report key: 3861683 · Received June 10, 2014

Report

Report Number
2649622-2014-07187
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 10, 2014
Date of Event
April 23, 2014
Report Date
April 23, 2014
Manufacturer
MPRI
Product Code
OJX
PMA / PMN Number
P080006
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US WHERE THE SAME MODEL IS DISTRIBUTED. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING IMPLANT, THE PATIENT HAD EXTREMELY TORTUOUS ANATOMY FROM THE SUBCLAVIAN VEIN DOWN TO THE HEART, IN WHICH THE PHYSICIAN EXPRESSED GREAT DIFFICULTY PASSING THE LEAD DOWN TO THE HEART. ONCE THE LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) LEAD WAS IN POSITION, AND THE CATHETER WAS SLIT, THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THAT THE STYLET WITHIN THE LEAD COULD NOT BE RETRACTED. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO CUT THE STYLET, LEAVING THE REMAINS WITHIN THE LV LEAD AND MONITOR THE PATIENT CLOSELY. THE LV LEAD REMAINS IN USE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
342045 ATTAIN ABILITY STRAIGHT DRUG ELUTING PERMANENT LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) PACEMAKER ELECTRODE OJX MPRI 439688

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00073 YR