In (b)(6) 2023, a patient implanted with an optimizer smart mini implantable pulse generator (ipg) in october 2023 developed an infection from an iv access site.The infection then spread and traveled systematically until it also reached the site/pocket where the ipg was implanted.The ipg was explanted on (b)(6), 2023.Over the past three weeks, impulse dynamics representatives have attempted to coordinate receipt of the explanted ipg for analysis.However, the cardiac and pathology departments at the hospital confirmed the device had been discarded.While the device was not returned for analysis, available information from the hospital and impulse dynamics field representative shows the ipg was not the source of the infection.
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