FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE

MDR report key: 2344107 · Received November 21, 2011

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2011-09083
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 21, 2011
Date of Event
November 1, 2010
Report Date
November 5, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NO
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE OR TO MATCH THE EVENTS REPORTED WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITERATURE: RAMSTAD K, JAHNSEN R, LOFTEROD B, SKJELDAL OH. CONTINUOUS INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY - WHEN DOES IMPROVEMENT EMERGE? ACTA PAEDIATR. NOV 2010;99(11):1661-1665. DOI:10.1111/J.1651-2227.2009.01596.X. SUMMARY: THE AUTHORS EXPLORED THE TIMING OF EFFECTS OF INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. THIRTY-EIGHT PATIENTS WERE ENROLLED FROM (B)(6) 2002 TO (B)(6) 2005. MEDIAN AGE AT PUMP IMPLANTATION WAS (B)(6). REDUCED PAIN AND IMPROVED SLEEP OCCURRED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF TREATMENT. SOCIAL FUNCTION IMPROVED WITHIN 6 MONTHS AND CONTINUED TO IMPROVE UNTIL 18 MONTHS OF CITB. MOBILITY ALSO IMPROVED, BUT WITH A LATENCY. REPORTABLE EVENT: IN TWO PATIENTS, THE PUMP HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF INFECTION AND THE FAMILIES DID NOT WANT ANOTHER PUMP. SURGICAL REVISION OF THE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED IN SIX PATIENTS (UNSPECIFIED).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_UNKNOWN_PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00103 MO Required Intervention