FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

TELIGEN

MDR report key: 3921745 · Received July 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-13377
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 9, 2014
Date of Event
April 1, 2014
Report Date
May 28, 2014
Manufacturer
GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
Product Code
LWP
PMA / PMN Number
P960040
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

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 THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) WITH THE RIGHT ATRIAL (RA) LEAD EXHIBITED HIGH OUT-OF-RANGE (OOR) PACING IMPEDANCE GREATER THAN 2,000 OHMS VIA PATIENT'S REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM. THE PATIENT WAS SEEN IN THE CLINIC AND WHEN DEVICE MEMORY WAS REVIEWED, FOUR HIGH OOR PACING IMPEDANCES WERE OBSERVED. FURTHER, ISOMETRICS AND POCKET MANIPULATION WAS PERFORMED AND WAS ABLE RECREATE SOME NOISE WHICH WAS MARKED AND SENSED BY THE DEVICE. IN ADDITION, THE PATIENT HAD ATRIAL FLUTTER WITH LOTS OF ATRIAL TACHY RESPONSE (ATR), WHICH WERE APPROPRIATE. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL SERVICES (TS) DISCUSSED AND COULD NOT RULE OUT A LEAD OR CONNECTION ISSUE SINCE NOISE WAS HARD TO RECREATE AND NOT SEEN IN ELECTROGRAM (EGM). THE PATIENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. THE SYSTEM REMAINS IN SERVICE. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
400133 TELIGEN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LWP GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND E110

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR 4470| T165| 1831| 4054| 0145| E110