FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CSF-SHUNT KIT CONTOURED VALVE, REG MED PRESSURE

MDR report key: 2000979 · Received February 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2021898-2011-00039
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 18, 2011
Date of Event
November 4, 2010
Report Date
January 24, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K841442
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE PRODUCT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN. THEREFORE,AN EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE PERFORMANCE WAS NOT POSSIBLE. A REVIEW OF THE SHIPPING HISTORY SHOWED THE PRODUCT OF LOT C60405 WAS SHIPPED TO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN (B)(4). A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS SHOWED NO ANOMALIES. THE STERILIZATION RECORDS FOR LOT C60405 INDICATE THAT ALL PROCESSING PARAMETERS WERE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS AND ALL SAMPLES PASSES QUALITY TESTING. A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT HISTORY SHOWS THAT NO OTHER PRODUCTS IN THIS STERILIZATION BATCH HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT INFECTIONS OR THE STERILITY OF THE PRODUCTS. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE THAT ACCOMPANY THE DEVICE STATE THAT LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS ARE NOT UNCOMMON WITH THIS TYPE OF PROCEDURE AND ARE USUALLY CAUSED BY ORGANISMS THAT INHABIT THE SKIN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY BY A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE PATIENT THAT THE DELTA SHUNT WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2010. AFTER THE SURGERY, THE PATIENT GOT AN INFECTION, SO THE DOCTOR EXPLANTED THE SHUNT. THE PATIENT DOUBTED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SHUNT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CSF-SHUNT KIT CONTOURED VALVE, REG MED PRESSURE JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY NA C60405

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization| R