FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LEAD MODEL 302

MDR report key: 6620451 · Received June 7, 2017

Report

Report Number
1644487-2017-03937
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 7, 2017
Date of Event
May 30, 2017
Report Date
June 7, 2017
Manufacturer
CYBERONICS - HOUSTON
Product Code
LYJ
PMA / PMN Number
P970003
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING PROPHYLACTIC GENERATOR REPLACEMENT SURGERY, THE SURGEON NOTED SOME CREAM-COLORED DISCOLORATION IN THE LEAD NEAR THE LEAD PIN. FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE REVEALED THAT THE SURGEON WAS UNSURE, BUT SPECULATED THAT THERE WAS A CREAM-COLORED FLUID INSIDE THE INSULATION. THERE WERE NO INFECTIONS NOTED OR OBSERVED. THE SURGEON INSPECTED ALL OF THE VISIBLE LEAD FOR DAMAGE AND NONE WAS OBSERVED. MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE RAN AND ALL WERE WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. THE SURGEON DETERMINED THAT THE LEAD COULD BE LEFT IN. NO ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
400407 LEAD MODEL 302 LEAD LYJ CYBERONICS - HOUSTON 302-20 200936

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 19 YR