FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

X-STOP IPD SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1439818 · Received August 13, 2009

Report

Report Number
2953769-2009-00106
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 13, 2009
Date of Event
July 16, 2009
Report Date
July 15, 2009
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC
Product Code
NQO
PMA / PMN Number
P040001
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL CATALOG NUMBER: 1-3214. ADDITIONAL LOT NUMBER: 2081451. METHOD - DEVICE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP WITH COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE. EXPIRATION DATE FOR LOT # 2081451 = 10/31/2009. MANUFACTURE DATE FOR LOT # 2081451 = 10/2007.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD NEUROLOGIC CLAUDICATION WITH INCREASING SYMPTOMS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND HAD AN X-STOP PROCEDURE AT LEVELS L3/L4 AND L4/L5 ON (B) (6) 2008 AS PART OF A POST-MARKETING STUDY. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED INITIAL RELIEF FOLLOWING THE X-STOP PROCEDURE AND THEN DEVELOPED RECURRENCE AND PROGRESSION OF SYMPTOMS. THE PATIENT HAS HAD THREE LUMBAR EPIDURALS WITH TEMPORARY AND PARTIAL RELIEF. RADIOGRAPHS SHOWED THE X-STOP IMPLANTS REMAIN IN PLACE. A CT MYELOGRAM SHOWED A PROBABLE FRACTURE OF THE SPINOUS PROCESS WITH RESIDUAL MODERATE STENOSIS AT L3-4 AND 4-5, AND MILD TO MODERATE STENOSIS AT L2-3. THE PT ALSO HAS A SEVERE DEGENERATIVE DISK AT L1-2. DECOMPRESSIVE LAMINECTOMIES WERE PERFORMED AT L2-3, 3-4 AND 4-5 WITH REMOVAL OF THE X-STOP DEVICES AT L3-4 AND 4-5. THE PATIENT'S STATUS AFTER THE PROCEDURES WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 X-STOP IPD SYSTEM INTERSPINOUS PROCESS SPACER NQO MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC X-STOP PEEK 2073851

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Other| R