FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MICRO-PACE

MDR report key: 696051 · Received March 23, 2006

Report

Report Number
MW1038339
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 23, 2006
Date of Event
March 22, 2006
Report Date
March 23, 2006
Manufacturer
PACE MEDICAL INC.
Product Code
DRO
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NURSE HAD NOTICED PT RATE WAS AT 60 BPM INSTEAD OF 90 BPM. THE NURSE HAD NOTICED THE DISPLAY WAS OFF ON THE PACEMAKER. SHE TURNED UNIT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND THE UNIT DID NOT TURN BACK ON. SHE DID NOT RECALL IF THE LOW BATTERY ICON WAS FLASHING AT AN EARLIER TIME. SHE REPLACED THE PACEMAKER ON THE PT AND THE REPLACEMENT IS OPERATIONAL. THE NURSE HAD REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN THE UNIT THAT SHUT DOWN AND POWERED ON, THE UNIT POWERED UP PROPERLY. THE ORIGINAL BATTERIES HAD BEEN THROWN AWAY. PULLED UNIT TO BIOMED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MICRO-PACE EXTERNAL PACEMAKER DRO PACE MEDICAL INC. 4570 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *