BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    LEAD

    MDR report key: 24643095 · Received March 19, 2026

    Report

    Report Number
    2182207-2026-00734
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    March 19, 2026
    Date of Event
    January 29, 2026
    Report Date
    March 19, 2026
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
    Product Code
    MHY
    PMA / PMN Number
    P960009
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    GM
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    SECTION D REFERENCES THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM. OTHER MEDICAL PRODUCTS IN USE DURING THE EVENT INCLUDE: BRAND NAME LEAD; PRODUCT ID NEU_UNKNOWN_LEAD (LOT: UNKNOWN); PRODUCT TYPE: 0200-LEAD; WOLFF FERNANDES, F., STENMARK PERSSON, R., SARYYEVA, A., RUNGE, J., BLOMSTEDT, P., & KRAUSS, J. K. (2026). DENIAL OF HARDWARE-RELATED SKIN EROSION IN PATIENTS WITH EFFECTIVE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION: A NOVEL PHENOMENON. STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY, 1¿16. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1159/000550653 A.2. THIS VALUE IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE PATIENTS REPORTED IN THE ARTICLE AS SPECIFIC PATIENTS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. A.3. THIS VALUE REFLECTS THE GENDER OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PATIENTS REPORTED IN THE ARTICLE AS SPECIFIC PATIENTS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. B.3. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DATE IS BASED OFF OF THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ARTICLE AS THE EVENT DATES WERE NOT PROVIDED IN THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE. B.5. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE OR TO MATCH THE EVENTS REPORTED WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE INQUIRING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PATIENT INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENTS. MEDTRONIC SUBMITS THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH FDA REGULATIONS 21 CFR PARTS 4 AND 803. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE OF THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEVICE, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN OR UNAVAILABLE. MEDTRONIC WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOMES KNOWN.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    LITERATURE WAS REVIEWED REGARDING ¿DENIAL OF HARDWARE-RELATED SKIN EROSION IN PATIENTS WITH EFFECTIVE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION: A NOVEL PHENOMENON.¿ AMONG THE PATIENTS INVOLVED, ADVERSE EVENTS INCLUDED: A 78-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WITH UNILATERAL DBS FOR PARKINSON¿S EXPERIENCED SKIN EROSION AND EXPOSURE OF THE LEFT DBS ELECTRODE PROTRUDING THROUGH THE SCALP. THEY UNDERWENT ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT, WOUND REVISION, AND CHANGE OF ELECTRODE. A 58-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT WITH UNILATERAL DBS FOR PARKINSON¿S DEVELOPED A SUPERFICIAL INFECTION WITH REDNESS ON THE RIGHT SCALP INCISION SITE. THEY UNDERWENT ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT AS WELL AS A COMPLETE DBS SYSTEM REMOVAL. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED PERTAINING TO MEDTRONIC PRODUCTS.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    706181 LEAD STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINS MHY MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_UNKNOWN_LEAD UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 68 YR Female Required Intervention SEE H11.