FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EVERA XT DR

MDR report key: 8184997 · Received December 20, 2018

Report

Report Number
9614453-2018-04501
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 20, 2018
Date of Event
December 3, 2018
Report Date
January 9, 2019
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC EUROPE SARL
Product Code
LWS
UDI-DI
00763000059569
PMA / PMN Number
P980016
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 4076, 6947, IMPLANTED; (B)(6) 2011. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. HOWEVER, PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTED FROM THE DEVICE WAS RECEIVED AND ANALYZED. ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE MEMORY INDICATED THE IMPEDANCE OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA DEFIBRILLATION COIL WAS BEYOND THE EXPECTED UPPER RANGE. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A POST-OPERATIVE CHECK, THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD EXHIBITED ELEVATED IMPEDANCE AND NOISE RESULTING FROM A SUSPECTED SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (SVC) COIL FRACTURE. THE PHYSICIAN SUSPECTED A LOOSE SETSCREW OF THE DEVICE AFTER THE RECENT GENERATOR CHANGE. THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (SVC) COIL WAS TURNED OFF AND THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) REMAINS IN USE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1024247 EVERA XT DR DEFIBRILLATOR, AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER LWS MEDTRONIC EUROPE SARL DDBB1D1 00763000059569

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Required Intervention 6947