FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

COGNIS

MDR report key: 3981159 · Received August 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-14995
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 5, 2014
Date of Event
December 13, 2013
Report Date
January 28, 2020
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
LWP
PMA / PMN Number
P010012/S165
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
117

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). NO OTHER ADVERSE EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THIS PRODUCT ISSUE WILL BE UPDATED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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 NOISE WAS OBSERVED ON THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) CHANNEL OF THIS SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN INAPPROPRIATE THERAPY FOR THIS PATIENT. ADDITIONALLY, A LATITUDE RED ALERT WAS GENERATED DUE TO PACING IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS GREATER THAN 2000 OHMS. THE PHYSICIAN DISCUSSED ALL THE OPTIONS WITH THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT DECIDED NOT TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) PORTION OF THE DEVICE WAS THEN TURNED OFF AND THE CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY REMAINED INTACT. THE RV LEAD WAS ABANDONED ELECTRICALLY. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT LOSS OF CAPTURE, NOISE AND PACING INHIBITION WERE OBSERVED VIA A TELEMETRY STRIP. THERE WERE NO EPISODES OF NOISE IN THE LOGBOOK; HOWEVER, IT COULD BE LOW LEVEL MYOPOTENTIALS BEING PICKED UP WHICH MAY NOT TRIGGER AN EVENT BUT WOULD STILL INHIBIT A PACED BEAT. A BOSTON SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL SERVICES CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED HAVING THE PATIENT PERFORM ISOMETRICS TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE SYSTEM. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
458278 COGNIS IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, PACEMAKER (NON-CRT) LWP BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION N119 195177

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 96 YR 0154| T165| 1226| 4269| 1851| 4261| 4592| N119