FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EON IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR

MDR report key: 1870556 · Received September 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
1627487-2010-02202
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 29, 2010
Date of Event
December 7, 2007
Report Date
December 10, 2007
Manufacturer
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P010032
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVAL METHOD: THE DEVICE HISTORY AND STERILIZATION RECORDS WERE REVIEWED. RESULTS: THE DEVICE HISTORY AND STERILIZATION RECORDS REVIEWED WERE FOUND TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. CONCLUSION: THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE REVIEW OF THE DHR AND STERILIZATION RECORDS. THIS MDR IS BEING SUBMITTED PAST THE 30 DAY REPORTING REQUIREMENT AS PART OF A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW INITIATED IN RESPONSE TO AN FDA INSPECTION. A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT RECORD DETERMINED THAT ANS MISINTERPRETED THE MDR REGULATIONS IN THIS INSTANCE. ANS HAS LIMITED INFO RELATED TO THE PT'S MEDICAL HISTORY AND IS UNABLE TO FORM AN OPINION AS TO THE RELEVANCY OF THE PT'S HISTORY TO THE EVENT REPORTED. ANS DEFERS TO THE PT'S PHYSICIAN REGARDING MEDICAL HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE 1 OF 3. REFERENCE MFR REPORT: 1627487-2010-02203 & 1627487-2010-02204. THE PT REC'D HER SCS SYSTEM CONSISTING OF TWO PERCUTANEOUS LEADS AND AN IPG ON (B)(6)2007. IT WAS REPORTED BOTH LEADS HAD MIGRATED LATERALLY. IN ADDITION, THE PT COMPLAINED OF PAIN AT THE IPG SITE DUE TO ITS PLACEMENT. WHILE THE IPG IMPLANT POCKET WAS BEING REVISED, THE SURGICAL TECHNICIAN IMMERSED THE IPG IN STERILE SALINE BUT NEGLECTED TO PLUG THE IPG HEADER PORTS. AS A RESULT, A NEW IPG HAD TO BE IMPLANTED. THE LEADS WERE REPOSITIONED AND RE-ANCHORED. SHORTLY AFTER THE PROCEDURE, THE PT REPORTED THAT STIMULATION WAS NOT COVERING HER PAIN. BOTH LEADS WERE EXPLANTED AND REPLACED. F/U ON THE PT FOUND NO FURTHER ISSUES REPORTED. ONLY THE IPG WAS RETURNED TO THE MFR ANALYSIS. NO FURTHER INFO IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EON IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR LGW ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS 3716 83992

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention