FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PULSE GEN MODEL 102

MDR report key: 6052726 · Received October 24, 2016

Report

Report Number
1644487-2016-02456
Event Type
Death
Date Received
October 24, 2016
Date of Event
December 11, 2014
Report Date
January 19, 2017
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS, INC.
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE TREATING PHYSICIAN SHOWED THAT THE LAST APPOINTMENT THEY HAD WITH THE PATIENT WAS ON (B)(6) 2007. ATTEMPTS FOR ADDITIONAL PERTINENT INFORMATION HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL TO DATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THROUGH AN ONLINE OBITUARY THAT THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY ON (B)(6) 2014 IN HIS HOME. NO INFORMATION ON THE CAUSE OF DEATH OR RELATION TO VNS WAS STATED AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. ATTEMPTS FOR ADDITIONAL PERTINENT INFORMATION HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL TO DATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE COUNTY CORONER REPORTED WITH INFORMATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PATIENT¿S DEATH. THE PATIENT DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE. HIS RECENT MEDICAL HISTORY INDICATED HYPERTENSION AND PNEUMONIA, AND HIS DEATH WAS SIGNED OUT AS ¿NATURAL CAUSES¿. DUE TO THE LACK OF SUSPICIOUS ISSUES INVOLVED, AN AUTOPSY WAS NOT ORDERED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
701580 PULSE GEN MODEL 102 GENERATOR LYJ CYBERONICS, INC. 102 014188

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 84 YR Death