FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STRATA II SHUNT ASSEMBLY, SMALL, 90 CM

MDR report key: 1870857 · Received October 7, 2010

Report

Report Number
2021898-2010-00247
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 7, 2010
Date of Event
March 1, 2010
Report Date
September 10, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K042465
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FI
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE PRODUCT WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN. THEREFORE AN EVAL OF THE DEVICE PERFORMANCE WAS NOT POSSIBLE. A REVIEW OF THE MFG RECORDS WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE THAT ACCOMPANIES THE DEVICE WARNS THAT SHUNT OBSTRUCTION MAY OCCUR IN ANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE SHUNT SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM MAY BECOME OCCLUDED INTERNALLY DUE TO TISSUE FRAGMENTS, BLOOD CLOTS, TUMOR CELL AGGREGATES, BACTERIAL COLONIZATION OR OTHER DEBRIS. ALL OF OUR VALVES ARE 100% TESTED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THEY HAD A THIRD OCCLUSION MALFUNCTION DURING THE SPRING OF 2010, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT SAVE THE DEVICE FOR RETURN. THERE WAS NO DEATH OR INJURY TO PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STRATA II SHUNT ASSEMBLY, SMALL, 90 CM JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization| R