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37601 |
| Medical Device Problem Codes |
High impedance (1291); Low impedance (2285)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that at a routine ins change due to close to eri, there were high impedance at contact n10-11 as low on right stn.No symptoms were reported.After ins change, impedances ran did not show change and the issue was still there.It is unknown if there were any external contributing factors.Patient settings were not programmed using the contact with impedance issue.Manufacturer representative reports the issue has been resolved.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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H6.The coding a072201 is no longer applicable and has been removed from this event as the clarified that there was no high impedance.Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information was received from a manufacturer representative (rep) clarifying that there was no high impedances, only low impedances on the right subthalamic nucleus (stn) lead.The cause of the impedance issue is unknown.They are not using the contacts in programming.
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