FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TELIGEN

MDR report key: 3905379 · Received July 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-11104
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 1, 2014
Date of Event
May 8, 2014
Report Date
May 8, 2014
Manufacturer
GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
Product Code
LWP
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). 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 THIS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) DELIVERED INAPPROPRIATE ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING (ATP) AND SHOCK THERAPY FOR AN ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA. THERAPY DID NOT CONVERT THE PATIENT AND THERAPY WAS EXHAUSTED. THE PATIENT WAS MOWING THE LAWN WHEN THE EPISODE OCCURRED AND BOSTON SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL SERVICES (TS) DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTRICAL NOISE INFLUENCING THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE SHOCK VECTOR. THE PATIENT IS FINE AND THERE WERE NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
383429 TELIGEN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWP GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND E110

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR 0184| 5568| E110