The reported observation of ¿pain at ipg site, ipg migration¿ was not confirmed.A visual inspection of the ipg did note the suture anchors were damaged.The root cause as not ascertained.The root cause of pain at the ipg site could not be ascertained; there were no electrical anomalies observed during analysis that would have contributed to the observation.The damage sutures can result in the device not being secure in the ipg pocket.No x-ray of the device prior to explant was provided.Using clinicians programmer, ipg system impedance testing was within the expected range.The ipg was subjected to a functional test on automated test equipment (ate).This tester verifies the electrical performance of the control/communication circuitry, and output signal.All portions of ate testing passed.The ate test specifically tests the ipg output and system impedances integrity on all 16 electrodes including the ipg can connection.
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