FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

BRIO

MDR report key: 514404 · Received March 5, 2004

Report

Report Number
2182863-2004-00014
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 5, 2004
Date of Event
July 26, 2003
Report Date
March 5, 2004
Manufacturer
ELA MEDICAL, S.A.
Product Code
DXY
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ELA MEDICAL INC. RECEIVED INFO IN FEBRUARY 2004 THAT THIS PT PASSED AWAY IN 2003. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALLEGEDLY THIS PACEMAKER CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE PT'S DEATH. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PT ALLEGEDLY HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE PACEMAKER AND THE CORONER HAD WRITTEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS "PACEMAKER FAILAURE, FROM HISTORY." IN ADDITION, THE EMT NOTED THAT THIS DEVICE WAS NOT CAPTURING THE PT'S HEART, HOWEVER, THE EMT DID NOT ARRIVE UNTIL AFTER THE PT DIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BRIO CARDIAC PACEMAKER DXY ELA MEDICAL, S.A. 112 S020418

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 87 YR Hospitalization| R