FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 4925839 · Received July 20, 2015

Report

Report Number
1644487-2015-05262
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 20, 2015
Date of Event
October 19, 2013
Report Date
June 25, 2015
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
MUZ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED MDR WAS REPORTED IN ERROR. THERE IS NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP SUSPECTED BETWEEN THE DEATH DUE TO LUNG CANCER AND VNS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VNS STUDY PATIENT PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2013. THE NATIONAL DEATH INDEX FROM THE CDC WEBSITE LISTED THE PATIENT'S CAUSE OF DEATH AS MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS OR LUNG SECONDARY TO UNSPECIFIED MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDER DUE TO USE OF TOBACCO. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEATH TO VNS IS UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PATIENT'S DEATH HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PATIENT¿S DEATH, AN INTERNAL CLASSIFICATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEATH WAS UNLIKELY SUDEP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE INITIAL MDR REPORTED FOR THIS EVENT WAS SUBMITTED IN ERROR. THERE IS NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP SUSPECTED BETWEEN THE DEATH DUE TO LUNG CANCER AND VNS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
469634 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR MUZ CYBERONICS, INC. 102 200784

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Death