FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MICRA

MDR report key: 6162634 · Received December 9, 2016

Report

Report Number
9612164-2016-01267
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 9, 2016
Date of Event
September 16, 2016
Report Date
September 16, 2016
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
PNJ
UDI-DI
00643169529748
PMA / PMN Number
P150033
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND ANALYZED. ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. THE RETURNED DEVICE WAS DAMAGED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONE DAY POST IMPLANT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEADLESS IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) WAS NOT PACING/CAPTURING. DURING IMPLANT THE DEVICE WAS DEPLOYED AND TWO TINES WERE NOTED TO BE ENGAGED. THE TETHER REMOVAL PROVED TO BE SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING WITH NOTABLE PULLBACK ON THE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH TETHER REMOVAL. THERE WAS ALSO NOTED TO BE MOTION ON THE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARDIAC CYCLE. NUMBERS REMAINED SIMILAR WITH THOSE PRIOR TO TETHER REMOVAL, BUT WITH THE ONE NOTABLE EXCEPTION THAT THE R WAVES HAD DROPPED WHICH WAS NOT THOUGHT AT THE TIME TO BE A MAJOR COMPLICATING FACTOR. THRESHOLD WAS A BIT VARIABLE BUT WITHIN RANGE. THE NEXT MORNING AFTER IMPLANT HOWEVER, THE DEVICE WAS NOTED TO HAVE DISLODGED, WITH TOTAL LOSS OF CAPTURE. THE IPG WAS REMOVED VIA A GOOSENECK SNARE AND A NEW LEADLESS IPG WAS IMPLANTED. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
810223 MICRA LEADLESS PACEMAKER PNJ MEDTRONIC IRELAND MC1VR01US 00643169529748

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Hospitalization| R