EMBLEM S-ICD Adverse Events: FDA MAUDE Data
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION · Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) · First cleared Mar 2015 · 9 device variants grouped
Total Reports
39,062
Reports (30d)
338
Active Signals
0
Open Recalls
12
What the reports describe · Claripulse analysis
Most commonly reported problems
Subcutaneous Implantable / Vector / Inappropriate
noise, shock, subcutaneous implantable, inappropriate, vector
421
reports
Inappropriate Shocks from Noise Oversensing
noise, primary, sensing vector, inappropriate, vector
120
reports
Battery Depletion in S-ICD
battery, replacement, subcutaneous implantable, effects, data
82
reports
Fluctuating System Impedance Measurements
shock, subcutaneous implantable, impedance, ohms, electrode
70
reports
S-ICD Revision Due to Infection
infection, subcutaneous implantable, effects, icd explanted, additional adverse
38
reports
S-ICD Explanted and Replaced
subcutaneous, subcutaneous implantable, effects, electrode, additional adverse
35
reports
Problem groupings are generated by Claripulse from report narrative text. They summarize what reporters wrote, not adjudicated root cause.
Regulatory
FDA recalls for this device
Aug 20, 2025 · Open, Classified
Software to enhance Safety Architecture is available and designed to prevent initiation of Safety Mode in an ambulatory setting due to a high battery impedance state for the ACCOLADE family of devices which includes ACCOLADE, PROPONENT, ESSENTIO, and ALTRUA 2 dual chamber (DR) standard life (SL) and DR extended life (EL) pacemakers; and VISIONIST and VALITUDE cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-Ps).
Jul 24, 2025 · Open, Classified
Affected lead models may experience gradually rising LVSI measurements in association with calcification of the defibrillation lead coils. The issue may lead to early lead replacement. Most serious harm is death or need for cardiac resuscitation.
Nov 30, 2023 · Open, Classified
The software application on the Programmer/Recorder/Monitor (PRM) for Implantable Pulse Generators will display certain diagnostic dates incorrectly, with a year in the 1990s.
Jul 11, 2023 · Open, Classified
There is a potential for a rare interaction between the EMBLEM S-ICD and LATITUDE communicator, which may cause S-ICD sensing disablement for a 24-hour interval.
Jul 11, 2023 · Open, Classified
There is a potential for a rare interaction between the EMBLEM S-ICD and LATITUDE communicator, which may cause S-ICD sensing disablement for a 24-hour interval.
Feb 2, 2023 · Open, Classified
Under specific circumstances, the U.S. product registration system did not send up enablement requests to U.S. LATITUDE Customer Support during an 8-month interval in 2022. For these patients, the HeartLogic Index and any associated Yellow Alerts are currently not visible in LATITUDE as may have been intended by the healthcare provider..
Evidence
Related research
Air entrapment as a cause of early inappropriate shocks after subcutaneous defibrillator implant: A case series.
Iavarone M, et al. · Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal · 2023
Flatline on the alternate vector…Is this subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator lead fractured?
Louisa O’Neill, et al. · HeartRhythm Case Reports · 2021
Extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in a teenager with Brugada syndrome and recurrent inappropriate shocks of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Silvia Garibaldi, et al. · HeartRhythm Case Reports · 2025
Progressive giant cell myocarditis presenting with inappropriate shocks from a subcutaneous defibrillator
Justin Anh-Kiet Phan, et al. · HeartRhythm Case Reports · 2022
Unconventional diagnosis of bradyarrhythmic syncope in Brugada syndrome: a case report.
Esposito F, et al. · European heart journal. Case reports · 2024
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