FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

REVEAL LINQ

MDR report key: 3990101 · Received August 7, 2014

Report

Report Number
9614453-2014-01819
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 7, 2014
Date of Event
May 27, 2014
Report Date
May 28, 2014
Manufacturer
IPG MFG SWITZERLAND
Product Code
DSI
PMA / PMN Number
K132649
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND ANALYZED. ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT AWOKE WITH PAIN AT THE IMPLANT SITE. THE IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER (ILR) HAD MIGRATED OUT OF THE POCKET AND WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE SKIN. THERE APPEARED TO BE AN INFECTION AT THE INSERTION SITE. THE PATIENT WAS PUT ON ANTIBIOTICS. THE ILR WAS REMOVED AND WILL BE REPLACED AT A LATER DATE. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
464966 REVEAL LINQ DETECTOR AND ALARM, ARRHYTHMIA DSI IPG MFG SWITZERLAND LNQ11

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00078 YR Required Intervention