FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIFEVEST WCD 3000 SYSTEM

MDR report key: 5239849 · Received November 20, 2015

Report

Report Number
3008642652-2015-07648
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 20, 2015
Date of Event
October 10, 2015
Report Date
November 20, 2015
Manufacturer
ZOLL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Product Code
MVK
PMA / PMN Number
P010030
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE EVALUATION OF ELECTRODE BELT SN (B)(4) HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE REPORTED PROBLEM (ADJUST BELT ALARMS) HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. UPON INVESTIGATION THE ELECTRODE BELT FAILED AN ECG FALL-OFF TEST. THE CAUSE FOR THE ECG FAILURE WAS ISOLATED TO A SOLDER JOINT ON THE DISTRIBUTION NODE (DN) PCA. THE SOLDER JOINT WHERE THE ECG "B" CABLE CONNECTS TO THE DN WAS INTERMITTENT, CAUSING THE REPORTED ALARMS. THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE INTERMITTENT SOLDER JOINT COULD NOT BE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. NO ADVERSE EVENT RESULTED FROM THE DEFECTIVE ELECTRODE BELT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A US DISTRIBUTOR RETURNED ELECTRODE BELT SN (B)(4). THE PATIENT USING THIS ELECTRODE BELT WAS RECEIVING FREQUENT ADJUST BELT MESSAGES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
770552 LIFEVEST WCD 3000 SYSTEM WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR MVK ZOLL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION WCD 3000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1