Upon receipt, the device interrogation revealed the eri battery status.The device was implanted for approximately 104 months and a number of 42 charging cycles were documented to the devices memory.The bench test of the icd revealed that all therapy functions were available.The charge consumption of the device as well as the battery depletion were normal and as expected.Further, the manufacturing process for this device was re-investigated and all production steps were performed accordingly.There was no sign of any inconsistency during the manufacturing process which may be related to the clinical observation.In conclusion the device was fully functional, there was no indication of a device malfunction.Analysis of the device revealed a normal battery depletion.
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