FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STIMQ NEUROSTIMULATOR

MDR report key: 11625493 · Received April 6, 2021

Report

Report Number
3010676138-2021-00060
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 6, 2021
Date of Event
March 8, 2021
Report Date
March 8, 2021
Manufacturer
STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Product Code
GZF
UDI-DI
00818225020464
PMA / PMN Number
K171366
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CLINICAL REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAS DIABETES AND THE WOUND HAS BEEN HEALING SLOWLY. THE IMPLANTING CLINICIAN EXAMINED THE PATIENT AND DECIDED TO REVISE THE STIMULATOR ON (B)(6) 2021. THE IMPLANTING CLINICIAN NOTED THAT THE PATIENT'S HYGIENE SEEMED TO BE POOR AND MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE INCISION SITE INFECTION. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, THE INFECTION WAS CONFIRMED/REPLICATED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PRODUCT DID NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE STIMULATOR IS USED TO TREAT PAIN. THE CAUSE OF THE INFECTION IS USER ERROR. DESIGN FMEA FOR STIMQ 06-01233 AND HRA FOR STIMQ 06-01232 WAS REVIEWED AND INFECTION IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MITIGATION CONTROLS IN PLACE TO REDUCE RISK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED. STIMWAVE'S GLOBAL INFECTION RATE: 0.67%

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON(B)(6) 2021, THE CLINICAL REPRESENTATIVE BECAME AWARE THAT A RECENTLY IMPLANTED PATIENT HAD DEVELOPED AN INFECTION AT THE CALF SITE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
514498 STIMQ NEUROSTIMULATOR PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATOR GZF STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INC. STQ4-RCV-A0 SWO200320 00818225020464

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention