It was reported that patient experienced an infection at the ipg site.Reportedly, patient had pain/throbbing at the ipg site and some fluid from the ipg site.Additionally, patient felt nauseous.In turn, patient was hospitalized with iv antibiotics to treat the infection.Later on, (b)(6) 2022 patient was feeling unwell with temperature.As such, surgical intervention took place on (b)(6) 2022 wherein the entire system was explanted to address the issue.Patient was admitted to the hospital for iv antibiotics.
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The reported issue of ¿infection¿ cannot be confirmed through product analysis testing.The returned ipg successfully communicated with all lab utilities and passed all tests on the ate (automated test equipment).The returned ipg exhibited normal device characteristics during analysis.As a result, a device history record was performed to review and confirm the sterility of the ipg.Based on the documents reviewed, the source of the infection remains unknown.
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