FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VERCISE GENUS

MDR report key: 17715760 · Received September 8, 2023

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2023-05436
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 8, 2023
Date of Event
March 24, 2023
Report Date
October 26, 2023
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
NHL
UDI-DI
08714729985044
PMA / PMN Number
P150031
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: DBS-EXTENSION. UPN: M365DB3128550. MODEL: DB-3128-55. SERIAL: (B)(6). BATCH: 5001508.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: PRODUCT FAMILY: DBS-EXTENSION. UPN: M365DB3128550. MODEL: DB-3128-55. SERIAL: (B)(6). BATCH: 5001508.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT TWO MONTHS POST-IMPLANT PROCEDURE THE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) PATIENT DEVELOPED A WOUND INFECTION AT THEIR IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) POCKET SITE. THE PATIENT'S WOUND WAS WASHED OUT AND THEY WERE ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUS (IV) AND ORAL ANTIBIOTICS, HOWEVER, THE REPORTED ISSUE PERSISTED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLANT PROCEDURE WHERE THE IPG AND EXTENSION WERE EXPLANTED. THE PATIENT IS DOING WELL POST-OPERATIVELY. THE DEVICES WERE DISCARDED AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD BEEN READMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THE WOUND WASHOUT AND WAS ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR THREE MONTHS. A CULTURE REVEALED THE PATIENT HAD STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT TWO MONTHS POST-IMPLANT PROCEDURE THE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) PATIENT DEVELOPED A WOUND INFECTION AT THEIR IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) POCKET SITE. THE PATIENT'S WOUND WAS WASHED OUT AND THEY WERE ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUS (IV) AND ORAL ANTIBIOTICS, HOWEVER, THE REPORTED ISSUE PERSISTED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLANT PROCEDURE WHERE THE IPG AND EXTENSION WERE EXPLANTED. THE PATIENT IS DOING WELL POST-OPERATIVELY. THE DEVICES WERE DISCARDED AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1242925 VERCISE GENUS STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN SYMPTOMS NHL BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION DB-1216 542876 08714729985044

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Required Intervention