FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CAPSUREFIX NOVUS

MDR report key: 4163190 · Received October 10, 2014

Report

Report Number
2649622-2014-12433
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 10, 2014
Date of Event
July 16, 2014
Report Date
July 16, 2014
Manufacturer
MPRI
Product Code
DTB
PMA / PMN Number
P930039
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY- THE FULL LEAD WAS RETURNED IN SEGMENTS. ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 4296-88 LEAD, (B)(6) 2012; 5076-52 LEAD, (B)(6) 2012; 6947M62 LEAD, (B)(6) 2012. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CHRONIC RIGHT ATRIAL (RA) LEAD HAD HIGH THRESHOLD. RETRACTING THE HELIX ON THE RA LEAD WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT WITH NO SUCCESS DESPITE THE LEAD DISLODGING WITHIN THE ATRIUM. MANUAL TRACTION WAS APPLIED AND IT WAS REMOVED. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PLACE A NEW RA LEAD HOWEVER, THERE WAS GREAT DIFFICULTY GETTING MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT AND ACCEPTABLE ELECTRICAL VALUES. IT WAS NOTED THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A HELIX MALFUNCTION. AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE RA LEAD. A DIFFERENT RA LEAD WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE CHRONIC LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) LEAD SHOWED NO CAPTURE. THE LV LEAD WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
643776 CAPSUREFIX NOVUS ELECTRODE, PACEMAKER, PERMANENT DTB MPRI 5076-45

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00074 YR D334TRM ICD