FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRECISION®

MDR report key: 2031944 · Received March 28, 2011

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2011-00398
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 28, 2011
Date of Event
February 15, 2011
Report Date
March 1, 2011
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
030017
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) SHOULD BE OMITTED FROM THIS FIELD. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD ORIGINALLY CLAIMED SHE FELT A PRESSURE IN HER HIP AREA AT THE IPG SITE AND WAS UNABLE TO CHARGE. ON THE DAY OF THE SURGERY THE BSN SALES REPRESENTATIVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE TWO BARS ON THE REMOTE. THE IPG APPEARED TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. THE PATIENT THEN COUNTERED THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AND REPORTED BEING ABLE TO CHARGE SINCE BEING IMPLANTED AND DEMANDED THAT A SECOND LEAD BE PUT IN BECAUSE SHE WOULD LIKE THE STIMULATION TO COVER HIGHER IN HER NECK BECAUSE WHEN HER PAIN EXTENDED INTO THE UPPER NECK. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE BATTERY HAD NOT FLIPPED AND THE X-RAY WAS READ INCORRECTLY. THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED AND RE-IMPLANTED THE IPG AFTER IMPLANTING THE SECOND LEAD.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT HIT THE SIDE OF HER BED WHILE SLEEPING AND WOKE UP WITH PRESSURE AT THE IPG SITE AND COULD NOT CHARGE THE IPG. AN X-RAY WAS TAKEN AND CONFIRMED THAT THE IPG WAS FLIPPED. THE PATIENT WILL UNDERGO A POCKET REVISION PROCEDURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT HIT THE SIDE OF HER BED WHILE SLEEPING AND WOKE UP WITH PRESSURE AT THE IPG SITE AND COULD NOT CHARGE THE IPG. AN X-RAY WAS TAKEN AND CONFIRMED THAT THE IPG WAS FLIPPED. THE PATIENT WILL UNDERGO A POCKET REVISION PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PRECISION® SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION SC-1110-02 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR Required Intervention