SHARPER IMAGE ABDOMINAL STIMULATOR

Description of Event or Problem

THIS 67-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH A PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED SUBCUTANEOUS ICD (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, 2024 FOR HISTORY OF ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY AND MULTIPLE EPISODES OF PASSING OUT) WAS SEATED, AT HOME, USING A PERSONALLY PURCHASED ABDOMINAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR (THAT APPEARS WAS NOT MARKETED LEGALLY WITH FDA CLEARANCE) AND RECEIVED A DEFIBRILLATOR SHOCK THAT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE BUT DID NOT HARM HER. SHE TURNED OFF THE ABDOMINAL STIMULATOR IMMEDIATELY.