FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

EASYTRAK 2

MDR report key: 4226425 · Received November 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-19571
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 5, 2014
Date of Event
September 9, 2014
Report Date
October 27, 2014
Manufacturer
CPI - DEL CARIBE
Product Code
NIK
PMA / PMN Number
P010012
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED, OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SUBSEQUENTLY, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE THAT NO INVASIVE INTERVENTION HAD BEEN UNDERTAKEN. THE PATIENT HAD DEVELOPED (B)(6) AND HAD BEEN GIVEN IV ANTIBIOTICS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE PATIENT WAS PLACED ON COMFORT/PALLIATIVE CARE. THE PATIENT DIED OF COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO SEPSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTED BOSTON SCIENTIFIC'S TECHNICAL SERVICES (TS) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2014. THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS PATIENT HAS AN INFECTED DEVICE AND LEAD SYSTEM. ASIDE FROM THE PATIENT'S ACTIVE LEADS, THE PATIENT HAS INACTIVE LEADS THAT HAD BEEN SURGICALLY CAPPED. THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WAS INQUIRING ABOUT LEAD SPECIFICATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE INVASIVE INTERVENTION. THE ACTION PLAN FOR THIS PATIENT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WAS ENROUTE TO CONSULT WITH THE PHYSICIAN. THE DEVICE WAS CHECKED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE IDENTIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
711489 EASYTRAK 2 IMPLANTABLE LEAD NIK CPI - DEL CARIBE 4518

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Death| H| L 0041| 4470| 1786| 4266| 4518| 1520| 4269| N118| 1550| 1600| 0185| H175| 6017