FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INDURA CATHETER

MDR report key: 1022765 · Received March 28, 2008

Report

Report Number
6000030-2008-01673
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 28, 2008
Date of Event
March 1, 2008
Report Date
March 19, 2008
Manufacturer
RICE CREEK MANUFACTURING
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT EXPERIENCED INCREASED SPASTICITY AND LACK OF EFFICACY DESPITE SEVERAL DOSE INCREASES UP TO 200 MCG/DAY. A CATHETER DYE STUDY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL SO THE PT WAS TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CATHETER WAS SHEARED. THE PATIENT'S CATHETER WAS REPLACED. FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT, THE HCP DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE DRUG CONCENTRATION, BUT THE PATIENT'S DOSE WAS DECREASED TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE DOSE WITH THE 2000 MCG/ML CONCENTRATION (96 MCG/DAY). THE PATIENT WAS OBSERVED OVERNIGHT AND COMPLAINED OF SOME INCREASED FLACCID LEG SYMPTOMS. THE HCP PERFORMED A DRUG REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE TO DECREASE THE CONCENTRATION, AND THE DOSE WAS DECREASED TO 41 MCG/DAY. THE PT WAS DISCHARGED HOME AND RECOVERED WITHOUT SEQUELA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INDURA CATHETER LKK RICE CREEK MANUFACTURING 8709 L38028

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R PROGRAMMER MODEL 8840 LOT# UNK| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| LOT# NGV004942N| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| IMPLANTABLE INFUSION PUMP MODEL 8637