BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    PULSE-GENERATOR, DUAL CHAMBER, IMPLANTABLE

    MDR report key: 3990639 · Received August 8, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    2182208-2014-02231
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    August 8, 2014
    Date of Event
    May 29, 2014
    Report Date
    May 29, 2014
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Product Code
    LWP
    PMA / PMN Number
    P820003
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US WHERE THE SAME MODEL IS DISTRIBUTED. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: ANALYSIS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE ON THE PATIENT CABLE. (B)(4).

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE THE EXTERNAL PULSE GENERATOR (EPG) WAS CONNECTED TO A PATIENT, THE PACEMAKER WAS SET TO AN ASYNCHRONOUS MODE, HOWEVER THE SENSING LED SOMETIMES FLICKERED, AND INTERMITTENT PACING OCCURRED. THE EPG AND PATIENT CABLE WERE CHANGED AT THE SAME TIME FOR A NEW EPG SYSTEM, THE NEW EPG SYSTEM DID NOT HAVE ANY ABNORMALITY. THE EPG AND PATIENT CABLE WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR SERVICING. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    467350 PULSE-GENERATOR, DUAL CHAMBER, IMPLANTABLE LWP MEDTRONIC, INC. 5433V

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention 5348 EXTERNAL PULSE GENERATOR