FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRECISION MONTAGE MRI

MDR report key: 14751175 · Received June 21, 2022

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2022-03005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 21, 2022
Date of Event
June 2, 2022
Report Date
May 3, 2023
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
UDI-DI
08714729905943
PMA / PMN Number
P030017
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: SCS-PADDLE LEADS-MRI; UPN: M365SC8416500; MODEL: SC-8416-50; SERIAL: (B)(4); BATCH: 7070427.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: SCS-PADDLE LEADS-MRI; UPN: M365SC8416500; MODEL: SC-8416-50; SERIAL: (B)(6); BATCH: 7070427.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: SCS-PADDLE LEADS-MRI, UPN: M365SC8416500, MODEL: SC-8416-50, SERIAL: (B)(6), BATCH: 7070427.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: SCS-PADDLE LEADS-MRI, UPN: M365SC8416500, MODEL: SC-8416-50, SERIAL: (B)(6), BATCH: 7070427. THE IPG WAS RETURNED, ANALYZED, PASSED ALL TESTS PERFORMED, AND EXHIBITED NORMAL DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS. THE PADDLE LEAD WAS RETURNED AND VISUAL AND X-RAY INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ELECTRODE # 8 IS DISLODGED AND THE CABLE CONNECTION TO IT IS FRACTURED. THE FRACTURED CABLE AND DAMAGED ELECTRODE DO NOT SHOW SIGNS OF CORROSION. THE PADDLE IS NOT DEFORMED, ADDITIONALLY, THE LEAD BODIES WERE CLEANLY CUT. THE CLIK ANCHORS ARE STILL ATTACHED TO THE LEAD, DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRODE AND LEAD BODIES IS A RESULT OF A TYPICAL EXPLANT PROCEDURE AND IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A FAILURE. A LABELING REVIEW WAS PERFORMED ON THE IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, IPG, AND LEADS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, IFU. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE DEVICE WAS USED IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THE LABELED INDICATIONS. BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION, ENGINEERS ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT. THE DEVICES WERE RETURNED AND ANALYZED, AS SUCH PHYSICAL ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED, RECORD REVIEW REVEALED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE COMPLAINT. THEREFORE, THIS INVESTIGATION IS ABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE COMPLAINT AND THE CONCLUSION IS KNOWN INHERENT RISK OF THE DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT, THAT IS ENROLLED IN THE A7007 CLINICAL STUDY EXPERIENCED OVERSTIMULATION, CHEST TIGHTNESS, AND BILATERAL SHOULDER TIGHTNESS DURING A SCHEDULED REPROGRAMMING FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT. THE STIMULATION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO ER, EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE AN EKG, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND LABS WERE TAKEN, AND THE RESULTS WERE NORMAL. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE OVERSTIMULATION WAS CAUSED BY THE IPG, IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, HOWEVER, IMAGING CONFIRMED THAT THE PADDLE LEAD WAS NOT STRAIGHT, AND THAT IT LOOKED WAVY, AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF IMPEDANCE FLUCTUATIONS. THE EVENT WAS ASSESSED AS CAUSALLY RELATED TO THE STIMULATION AND NOT RELATED TO THE DEVICE ITSELF OR THE PROCEDURE. THE EVENT IS RESOLVING.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT, THAT IS ENROLLED IN THE A7007 CLINICAL STUDY, EXPERIENCED OVERSTIMULATION, CHEST TIGHTNESS, AND BILATERAL SHOULDER TIGHTNESS DURING A SCHEDULED REPROGRAMMING FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT. THE STIMULATION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO ER, EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE AN EKG, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND LABS WERE TAKEN, THE RESULTS WERE NORMAL. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE OVERSTIMULATION WAS CAUSED BY THE IPG, IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, HOWEVER, IMAGING CONFIRMED THAT THE PADDLE LEAD WAS NOT STRAIGHT, AND THAT IT LOOKED WAVY, AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE IMPEDANCE FLUCTUATIONS. THE EVENT WAS ASSESSED AS CAUSALLY RELATED TO THE STIMULATION AND NOT RELATED TO THE DEVICE ITSELF OR THE PROCEDURE. THE EVENT IS RESOLVING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NON CARDIAC BILATERAL TIGHTNESS AND THAT THE STIMULATION WAS TURNED OFF PRIOR TO BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE ER. THE PATIENT FELT BETTER AFTER MEDICATION AND FLUIDS WERE ADMINISTERED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN IPG AND LEAD EXPLANT PROCEDURE SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AND WITHDREW FROM THE CLINICAL STUDY.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT, THAT IS ENROLLED IN THE A7007 CLINICAL STUDY EXPERIENCED OVERSTIMULATION, CHEST TIGHTNESS, AND BILATERAL SHOULDER TIGHTNESS DURING A SCHEDULED REPROGRAMMING FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT. THE STIMULATION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO ER, EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE AN EKG, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND LABS WERE TAKEN, AND THE RESULTS WERE NORMAL. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE OVERSTIMULATION WAS CAUSED BY THE IPG, IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, HOWEVER, IMAGING CONFIRMED THAT THE PADDLE LEAD WAS NOT STRAIGHT, AND THAT IT LOOKED WAVY, AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF IMPEDANCE FLUCTUATIONS. THE EVENT WAS ASSESSED AS CAUSALLY RELATED TO THE STIMULATION AND NOT RELATED TO THE DEVICE ITSELF OR THE PROCEDURE. THE EVENT IS RESOLVING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE CHEST TIGHTNESS RESOLVED IN THE ER AND THE BILATERAL TIGHTNESS WAS RESOLVING. THE PATIENT HAS NOT TURNED THE STIMULATION BACK ON.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT, THAT IS ENROLLED IN THE A7007 CLINICAL STUDY, EXPERIENCED OVERSTIMULATION, CHEST TIGHTNESS, AND BILATERAL SHOULDER TIGHTNESS DURING A SCHEDULED REPROGRAMMING FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT. THE STIMULATION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO ER, EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE AN EKG, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND LABS WERE TAKEN, THE RESULTS WERE NORMAL. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE OVERSTIMULATION WAS CAUSED BY THE IPG, IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, HOWEVER, IMAGING CONFIRMED THAT THE PADDLE LEAD WAS NOT STRAIGHT, AND THAT IT LOOKED WAVY, AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE IMPEDANCE FLUCTUATIONS. THE EVENT WAS ASSESSED AS CAUSALLY RELATED TO THE STIMULATION AND NOT RELATED TO THE DEVICE ITSELF OR THE PROCEDURE. THE EVENT IS RESOLVING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NON CARDIAC BILATERAL TIGHTNESS AND THAT THE STIMULATION WAS TURNED OFF PRIOR TO BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE ER. THE PATIENT FELT BETTER AFTER MEDICATION AND FLUIDS WERE ADMINISTERED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN IPG AND LEAD EXPLANT PROCEDURE SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AND WITHDREW FROM THE CLINICAL STUDY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
201429 PRECISION MONTAGE MRI STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION SC-1200 369357 08714729905943

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Male Required Intervention