FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BRAVA

MDR report key: 3993118 · Received August 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
9614453-2014-01921
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 8, 2014
Date of Event
June 4, 2014
Report Date
June 4, 2014
Manufacturer
IPG MFG SWITZERLAND
Product Code
NIK
PMA / PMN Number
P010031
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS MODEL NUMBER IS NOT APPROVED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES; HOWEVER, IT IS SAME/SIMILAR TO A DEVICE MARKETED IN THE U.S. THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US AND PATIENT INFORMATION IS NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 4194 LEAD, IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2010; 5554 LEAD, IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2010. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THREE MONTHS AFTER THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE THE PATIENT SUSPECTED EARLY BATTERY DEPLETION WITH THEIR DEVICE. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE CLINICIAN BELIEVED THAT THE CHRONIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR AND LEFT VENTRICULAR LEADS SHOWED HIGH CAPTURE THRESHOLDS. THE DEVICE AND LEADS REMAIN IN USE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
472270 BRAVA DEFIBRILLATOR, AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER, WITH CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATIO NIK IPG MFG SWITZERLAND DTBC2D1

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 6935 LEAD