FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNERGY

MDR report key: 2003784 · Received February 23, 2011

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2011-01384
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 23, 2011
Date of Event
January 1, 2007
Report Date
December 19, 2019
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID: 3998, LOT# J0519561V, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2005, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2014, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD; PRODUCT ID: 748925, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2005, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID: 748925, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2005, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT MENTIONED THE LEAD HAD COME LOOSE BACK IN 2008 AND WAS REVISED. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED/ANTICIPATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED, THERE WAS A SHOCKING OR JOLTING SENSATION AT THE STIMULATOR LOCATION AND AT THE LEAD-EXTENSION CONNECTION LOCATION. THE PATIENT WAS GETTING A SHOCKING SENSATION APPROXIMATELY 2 TIMES A DAY. PALPATION DID NOT BRING ON THE SHOCKING SENSATION, AND GENTLE PALPATION PRODUCED NO SENSATION. PALPATION THAT INVOLVED "PRESSING HARD" DID HURT THE PATIENT. THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL STATED, THERE WAS OVERSTIMULATION AND THE PATIENT HAD PAIN OR DISCOMFORT. THE IMPEDANCES WERE MEASURED AND THE RESULTS WERE NORMAL. THE PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN X-RAY, AND THE RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED. THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL STATED THERE WAS A BREAKAGE IN THE LEAD AND ATTRIBUTED THE SHOCKING SENSATION TO THE STIMULATOR AND LEAD. THE STIMULATOR AND LEAD WERE REVISED ON (B)(6) 2008. THE PATIENT HAD NO INJURY AND RECOVERED WITHOUT SEQUELA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SYNERGY STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 7427 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 38 YR Required Intervention LEAD: MODEL 3998, LOT# J0519561V| EXPLANTED:| EXPLANTED:| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| EXTENSION: MODEL 7489, LOT# NHU084044V| IMPLANTED:| EXTENSION: MODEL 7489, LOT# NHU084045V