FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

INSIGNIA

MDR report key: 3973353 · Received August 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-14902
Event Type
Death
Date Received
August 1, 2014
Date of Event
July 11, 2014
Report Date
July 14, 2014
Manufacturer
GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND
Product Code
NVZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 PATIENT WITH THIS DEVICE WAS SEEN FOR A ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP, AT WHICH TIME THE DEVICE WAS CONFIRMED IN END OF LIFE (EOL); TIME STAMPED OVER FIVE MONTHS PRIOR. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN SEEN CLINICALLY FOR OVER TWO YEARS. A REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK; HOWEVER TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT, THE PATIENT RETURNED WITH A DROP IN PRESSURE AND LOSS OF BRADY PACING. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY. NO RETURN OF PRODUCT IS EXPECTED AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
450651 INSIGNIA IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR NVZ GUIDANT CRM CLONMEL IRELAND 1292

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death| H| L| R 4095| 1292| 4459