FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

R SERIES DEFIBRILLATOR

MDR report key: 6963076 · Received October 19, 2017

Report

Report Number
1220908-2017-02566
Event Type
Death
Date Received
October 19, 2017
Date of Event
September 7, 2017
Report Date
September 28, 2017
Manufacturer
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Product Code
DRT
UDI-DI
00847946017200
PMA / PMN Number
K060559
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION HAS NOT RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION AND THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION FOR EVALUATION. FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATION WITH THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMED THAT THE ONE-STEP PACING CABLE WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE DEVICE DURING THE REPORTED EVENT. THE ONE-STEP ELECTRODE PADS WERE PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE PATIENT. HOWEVER, AFTER THE EVENT, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE ONE-STEP PACING CABLE WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE DEVICE, CAUSING THE CUSTOMER'S REPORT OF NO ECG SIGNAL. ANALYSIS OF REPORTS OF THIS TYPE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED AN INCREASE IN TREND.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PACE A (B)(6) OLD FEMALE PATIENT, THE DEVICE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN AN ECG SIGNAL. COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED, HOWEVER IT WAS NOT A RESULT OF THE REPORTED ALLEGED MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
742737 R SERIES DEFIBRILLATOR DEFIBRILLATOR/PACEMAKER DRT ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION R SERIES NA 00847946017200

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 95 YR Death