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We received your event description for the above mentioned device and would like to thank you for supporting our post-market surveillance.As of today, the medical device is not available for analysis, therefore the device itself could not be investigated.The information you provided has been entered into our quality system as a complaint.These types of complaints are used to evaluate systems and device performance throughout our organization and help to maintain and improve the performance of our devices.Should additional relevant information or the device itself become available, the investigation will be updated.
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Upon receipt, the icd was interrogated, revealing the eos battery status.The device was implanted for 71 months and 106 charging cycles were recorded in the icds memory.The memory content of the device was inspected.During the analysis of the available iegms noise was observed in the right ventricular channel as well as in the far field channel, leading to multiple charging cycles that resulted in several shock deliveries.Therefore a sensing test was performed and the device sensed the applied heart signals free of noise, proving the sensing function of the icd to be normal and as expected.There was no indication of a device malfunction.The analysis of the shock holter data showed that multiple charging cycles were performed by the device within three hours on may 26, 2021.As a result of that fast successive charging the eos battery status had occurred.The eos status was removed with a technical programmer and subsequent interrogation revealed the eri battery status.The amount of charge taken from the battery was verified, revealing the eri battery status to be as expected.In a next step, the ability of the device to deliver therapies was verified.The anti-bradycardia pacing pulses proved to be normal and in amplitude and frequency as programmed.A fibrillation signal was applied and the device delivered a defibrillation shock as specified, documenting a normal and expected sensing and shock delivery.In particular, the specified energy level was reached.In conclusion, the memory content as well as the therapeutic functionality of the icd were inspected.In the available iegms the occurrence of noise was observed in the ventricular as well as in the far field channel, which led to multiple shock deliveries.However, a thorough analysis of the icd proved the device to be fully functional.There was no indication of a material or manufacturing problem.
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