FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VERCISE PC

MDR report key: 10292005 · Received July 17, 2020

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2020-02978
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 17, 2020
Date of Event
June 28, 2020
Report Date
July 17, 2020
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
NHL
UDI-DI
08714729984467
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT DEVICES: MODEL NUMBER DB-2201-45-DC, LEAD KIT 45CM, SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4). MODEL NUMBER NM-3138-55, 55CM 8 CONTACT EXTENSION, SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4). MODEL NUMBER DB-4600-C, SURETEK BURR HOLE COVER KIT, LOT NUMBER 23198104 AND 25109009.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING HEADACHES DURING STIMULATION. THERE WERE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO REPROGRAM HOWEVER THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THE PHYSICIAN WAS CONCERNED ABOUT INFECTION AS THE PATIENT REPORTED SOME SWELLING IN HIS NECK. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLANT OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND DURING THE SURGERY THE PHYSICIAN NOTED THERE WAS NO OVERT SIGN OF INFECTION. A LARGE PART OF WHY THE PHYSICIAN CHOSE TO EXPLANT THE PATIENT WAS DUE TO HIS CONCERN ABOUT INFECTION. CULTURES WERE TAKEN HOWEVER THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. THE SWELLING IN THE PATIENT'S NECK HAS RESOLVED WITHOUT INTERVENTION. THE EXPLANTED DEVICES WILL NOT BE RETURNED AS THEY WERE DISPOSED AT THE HOSPITAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
753264 VERCISE PC STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN SYMPTOMS NHL BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION DB-1140-S 631129 08714729984467

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 22 YR Required Intervention