BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    VITALITY 2

    MDR report key: 3904903 · Received July 1, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    2124215-2014-09899
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    July 1, 2014
    Date of Event
    January 6, 2009
    Report Date
    April 24, 2014
    Manufacturer
    GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
    Product Code
    LWS
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). UPON RECEIPT AT OUR POST MARKET QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY, A REVIEW OF DEVICE MEMORY REVEALED THAT THE DEVICE DECLARED END OF LIFE (EOL) AFTER EXPERIENCING ONE CHARGE TIME GREATER THAN 30 SECONDS. 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, EOL WAS TRIGGERED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED BY EXTENDED CHARGE TIMES DUE TO A HIGHER-THAN-TYPICAL BUILD-UP OF INTERNAL BATTERY IMPEDANCE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) WAS NOT WORKING. INTERROGATION OF THE DEVICE REVEALED NORMAL DEVICE FUNCTION. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED. THE DEVICE WAS ROUTINELY EXPLANTED AND REPLACED FIVE YEARS LATER.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    385066 VITALITY 2 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWS GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND T177

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 79 YR T177| 0185