Description of Event or Problem · 1
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT IMPLANT, THE DEVICE WAS PROGRAMMED TO 6 VOLTS CONTINUOUS FOR A YEAR AND HALF. THE PT EXPERIENCED DECREASED SPEECH AND EYE APRAXIA. ONE MO AFTER THE IMPLANT, THE PT HAD A MEDICATION INCREASE, AN INCREASE IN OFF TIME, AND AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT TREMOR ON BOTH SIDES. THE IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR WAS PUSHING ON HER RIB CAGE, CAUSING GREAT PAIN. A MO LATER THE PT HAD A COMPLETE RETURN OF SYMPTOMS. THE PT CONFIRMED THAT THE DEVICE WAS ON. THE PT HAD INCREASED THE AMPLITUDE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. A COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN WAS COMPLETED AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE LEADS WERE VERY DEEP. THE BATTERIES WERE DEPLETED DUE TO THE HIGH VOLTAGE. THE PT WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION, HAD A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, AND WAS TOLD THE DEVICE WAS NOT PROGRAMMED. THE IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR WAS REPLACED. PLEASE REFERENCE MFG 3004209178-2008-00739.