FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LINOX S 65

MDR report key: 4210998 · Received October 29, 2014

Report

Report Number
1028232-2014-003809
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 29, 2014
Date of Event
September 18, 2014
Report Date
October 15, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
Product Code
NVY
PMA / PMN Number
P980023
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DURING THE ANALYSIS, THE LEAD PROPERTIES WERE CHECKED. IN THE RETURNED STATE, THE LEAD WAS DESTROYED. THE LEAD HAD BEEN CUT THROUGH 6 CM DISTAL OF THE IS-1 CONNECTOR PIN, PROBABLY WITH A SCALPEL. ASIDE FROM THE CONNECTOR, A 14 CM LONG LEAD FRAGMENT FROM THE MIDDLE PART OF THE LEAD WAS ALSO AVAILABLE. THE REMAINING SEGMENTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. ASIDE FROM THE SEPARATION OF THE LEAD, NO OTHER DAMAGE COULD BE NOTED. THE ICD WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABLE IEGMS COULD CONFIRM THE CLINICAL OBSERVATION BUT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A MALFUNCTION OF THE ICD. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF MATERIAL DEFECTS OR MANUFACTURING ERRORS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

OUS MDR - AFTER AN ESTIMATED IMPLANTATION TIME OF ABOUT 93 MONTHS, INAPPROPRIATE SHOCK DELIVERY WAS REPORTED. THE LEADS WERE REPLACED AND RETURNED TO BIOTRONIK FOR ANALYSIS. THE ICD IS STILL ACTIVELY IMPLANTED. NO WORSENING OF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH WAS REPORTED APART FROM THE SHOCK DELIVERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
692037 LINOX S 65 ICD LEAD NVY BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG 351333

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization