FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SOLETRA

MDR report key: 2419555 · Received December 19, 2011

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2011-09268
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 19, 2011
Report Date
November 16, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITERATURE: CAPELLE, H.H. KINFE, T.M., KRAUSS, J.K. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF HEMICHOREA-HEMIBALLISM AFTER CRANIOP HARYNGIOMA RESECTION: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 2011. 115: 966-970. PUBLISHED ONLINE AUGUST 5, 2011. DOI: 10.3171/2011/6.JNS101388. SUMMARY: SUMMARY: THE AUTHORS REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN A PATIENT WITH HEMICHOREA-HEMIBALLISM THAT DEVELOPED FOLLOWING RESECTION OF A CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA. THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED BOTH IN THE THALMIC VENTRALIS INTERMEDIUS NUCLEUS AND THE POSTEROVENTRAL LATERAL GLOBUS PALLIDUS INTERNUS AND THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION AS IT RELATES TO THALMIC VS PALLIDAL STIMULATION WAS DISCUSSED. REPORTABLE EVENT: AT 19 MONTHS POST-OPERATIVELY THERE WAS A SUDDEN REOCCURRENCE OF THE CHOREIC MOVEMENTS AFTER THE PATIENT CHANGED AN ELECTRIC BULB. INTERROGATION OF THE PACEMAKER REVEALED THAT IT WAS SWITCHED OFF. AFTER RESETTING THE STIMULATION THE CHOREIC MOVEMENTS DISAPPEARED WITHIN MINUTES, AT AN AMPLITUDE OF 0.8V. SEE ATTACHED LITERATURE ARTICLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SOLETRA MHY - STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN MHY MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 7426

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1