FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EON

MDR report key: 1341653 · Received March 9, 2009

Report

Report Number
1627487-2009-00006
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 9, 2009
Date of Event
January 9, 2009
Report Date
February 16, 2009
Manufacturer
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P010032
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION FOR DEVICE 1 OF 2 (REFER TO MANUFACTURER'S REPORT NUMBER 1627487-2009-00007 FOR DEVICE 2 EVALUATION). METHOD: DEVICE HISTORY AND STERILIZATION RECORDS WERE REVIEWED, NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. RETURNED IPG WAS VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY INSPECTED. RESULTS: DEVICE HISTORY AND STERILIZATION RECORDS REVIEWED WERE FOUND TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS. IPG OPERATED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. VISUALLY IPG HAD SOME DISCOLORATION IN THE HEADER AND AT THE UPPER SEPTUM. ANS INC. HAS LIMITED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY AND IS UNABLE TO FORM A MEDICAL OPINION AS TO THE RELEVANCY OF THE PATIENT'S HISTORY TO THE EVENT REPORTED. ANS INC. DEFERS TO THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN REGARDING MEDICAL HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE 1 OF 2 (REFER TO MANUFACTURER'S REPORT NUMBER 1627487-2009-00007 FOR DEVICE 2). IN 2009, IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT'S SCS SYSTEM WAS EXPLANTED THE MONTH PRIOR, DUE TO AN INFECTION AT THE IPG POCKET. IT WAS REPORTED STIMULATOR WAS ERODING THROUGH THE PATIENT'S SKIN FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE PATIENT TOLD/SAW DOCTOR. PATIENT WAS ON ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT AND IS DOING WELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EON IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) LGW ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 3716 50117

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other