FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INSIGNIA

MDR report key: 3905263 · Received July 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-08531
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 1, 2014
Date of Event
March 27, 2014
Report Date
April 6, 2014
Manufacturer
GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
Product Code
LWP
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE RETURN OF THE DEVICE IS NOT EXPECTED. AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED, OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE PATIENT IMPLANTED WITH THIS PACEMAKER AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD PRESENTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A SYNCOPAL EPISODE. REVIEW OF STORED ELECTROGRAMS (EGM) SHOWED INTERMITTENT NOISE, HOWEVER, NO OVERSENSING. TELEMETRY MONITORING IN THE HOSPITAL SHOWED OVERSENSING WITH PACING INHIBITION FOR GREATER THAN TWO SECONDS. THE PATIENT WAS PACEMAKER DEPENDENT. A SMALL AMOUNT OF NOISE WAS ABLE TO BE RECREATED. AN INVASIVE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. THE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED AND THE LEAD WAS SURGICALLY ABANDONED AND REPLACED. NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
383215 INSIGNIA IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR LWP GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND 1298

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Hospitalization| L| R 1298| 4087| 4086