NVY · Class III — High Risk (PMA approval required, life-sustaining) · Unknown
Classification
FDA Product Code
NVY
Device class
Class III — High Risk (PMA approval required, life-sustaining)
Regulation
—
Review panel
CV
Medical specialty
Unknown
Submission type
2
GMP exempt
N
Life sustaining
Y
Implant
Y
Third-party review
N
Definition
Permanent defibrillator electrodes are used with compatible implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac rhythm therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D) to sense the cardiac rhythm and to deliver high energy therapy to the heart when tachycardia is detected. Some transvenous models can also be used for pacing the right ventricle.