FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STEALTHSTATION TREON TREATMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1993920 · Received January 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
1723170-2011-00040
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 13, 2011
Date of Event
December 10, 2010
Report Date
December 10, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC.
Product Code
HAW
PMA / PMN Number
K050438
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PT INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF THIS REPORT. NO ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE OF MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION'S DEVICE TO HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO PT EVENT. AS PER THE EVENT DESCRIPTION, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT DIED FROM CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PT'S PATHOLOGY. THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A MEDTRONIC REP REPORTED THAT THEY WERE TOLD OF AN EVENT INVOLVING THE DEATH OF A PT THAT WAS UNRELATED TO THE USE OF A MEDTRONIC PRODUCT. DURING A CRANIOTOMY FOR TUMOR RESECTION, IT WAS REPORTED THE TUMOR WAS SUPERFICIAL AND ATTACHED TO THE DURA. THE BONE FLAP DID NOT PROPERLY SEPARATE FROM THE DURA AND DISRUPTED A SINUS. AT THAT POINT, THE SURGEON COULD NOT CONTROL THE BLEEDING AND THE PT BLED OUT. MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION IS FILING THIS MDR TO ENSURE VISIBILITY TO PT EVENT AS A RESULT OF A PROCEDURE THAT UTILIZED MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION'S TREON SYSTEM THERE IS NO ALLEGATION TO SUGGEST THAT MEDTRONIC'S SYSTEM CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STEALTHSTATION TREON TREATMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM STEREOTAXIC INSTRUMENT (HAW) HAW MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. TREON NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK