FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PULSE-GENERATOR, PACEMAKER, IMPLANTABLE

MDR report key: 4829132 · Received June 9, 2015

Report

Report Number
2182208-2015-01510
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 9, 2015
Date of Event
January 1, 2014
Report Date
March 4, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC, INC.
Product Code
DXY
PMA / PMN Number
1-CARD
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ENTIRELY ON JOURNAL LITERATURE. THE EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE US. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS LIMITED DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. THE GENDER CHARACTERISTIC IS MALE AND THE BASELINE AGE IS 68 YEARS OLD. POSSIBLE MODELS COULD INCLUDE: ENTRUST, VIRTUOSO, CONCERTO, AND PROTECTA. THE PMA NUMBER FOR THIS REPORT LISTED IS PART OF A COMBINATION OF PMAS CONSIDERED THE "1-CARD" AND CONSISTS OF P820003, P850051, P890003, P930022, P970012 AND P980035. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AND UPON RECEIPT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER OR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER, THE MANUFACTURING DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. SINCE NO DEVICE ID WAS PROVIDED, IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. REFERENCED ARTICLE: FAILED ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING CAN BE USED TO DIFFERENTIATE ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS FROM VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS. EUROPACE. 2014;17(1):78-83. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A JOURNAL ARTICLE WAS REVIEWED WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION REGARDING IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS (ICDS). MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE TO ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THE ARTICLE REFERENCED THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS/FAILURE MODES: ¿FAILED ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING,¿ AND INAPPROPRIATE THERAPIES. THE STATUSES OF THE DEVICES APPEAR TO BE STILL IN USE. FURTHER FOLLOW UP DID NOT YET YIELD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
370082 PULSE-GENERATOR, PACEMAKER, IMPLANTABLE DXY MEDTRONIC, INC. MDT-ICD

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00068 YR Life Threatening| R