FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFINION 16

MDR report key: 10236291 · Received July 6, 2020

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2020-02768
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 6, 2020
Date of Event
June 13, 2020
Report Date
July 6, 2020
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
UDI-DI
08714729797807
PMA / PMN Number
P030017
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE OF EVENT: APPROXIMATED BASED ON THE DATE THE MANUFACTURER BECAME AWARE OF THE EVENT. ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: SCS-LINEAR LEADS: UPN: (B)(4), MODEL:SC-2316-50E, SERIAL: (B)(4), BATCH: 7092081.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING A TIGHT BAND AND MILD DISCOMFORT UNDER THE SHOULDER BLADES AND IN THE LEFT RIBS. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE RIB DISCOMFORT WORSENED DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE STIMULATION COVERAGE AREA FROM THE LEFT LEG TO THE LEFT RIB CAGE. THE PATIENT HAD A REPROGRAMMING HOWEVER, THE PAIN AREAS WERE NOT CAPTURED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEAD PULL. THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THAT THE PATIENTS SYMPTOMS WERE CAUSED BY SPINAL STENOSIS AND THAT THE LEADS MIGRATED LATERALLY WHICH MADE THE RIB DISCOMFORT WORSE. THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL POSTOPERATIVELY AS THE SYMPTOMS IMPROVED AFTER THE PROCEDURE. THE EXPLANTED DEVICES WILL NOT BE RETURNED AS THEY WERE DISCARDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
701804 INFINION 16 STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION SC-2316-50E 7091057 08714729797807

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Required Intervention