FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STRATA NSC LP VALVE

MDR report key: 2231001 · Received August 26, 2011

Report

Report Number
2021898-2011-00206
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 26, 2011
Date of Event
July 22, 2011
Report Date
July 29, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K091312
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO THE MFR. A REVIEW OF THE MFG RECORDS WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS NOT LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. ALL OF THE VALVES ARE 100% TESTED AT THE TIME OF MFR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY THAT A PT'S LP STRATA VALVE CHANGED PERFORMANCE LEVELS SEVERAL TIMES. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING REVISION OF THE SHUNT THAT THE PROXIMAL CATHETER HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE VALVE. THE PROXIMAL CATHETER HAD MIGRATED TOWARDS THE PT'S SPINAL CORD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STRATA NSC LP VALVE JXG - SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Hospitalization| R