FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RESTORE ADVANCED

MDR report key: 2504557 · Received March 26, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-01860
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 26, 2012
Report Date
February 29, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). LEAD: MODEL 377660, LOT #V021032, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007. LEAD: MODEL 399960, LOT #V020223, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007. RECHARGER: MODEL 37752, SERIAL #(B)(4). PROGRAMMER: MODEL 37743, SERIAL #(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED, THERE WAS A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. THE PATIENT COULD NOT FEEL THE STIMULATION UNLESS THE VOLTAGE WAS TURNED UP HIGH, AND AT THAT LEVEL THE STIMULATION WAS PAINFUL. IT WAS UNCLEAR HOW LONG THIS HAD BEEN OCCURRING. THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL (HCP) STATED, THE PATIENT HAD BEEN ADMITTED FOR BACK PAIN AND THE COMPLAINT THAT THE STIMULATOR WAS NOT WORKING. THE DEVICE POCKET APPEARED BLUISH/GREENISH IN COLOR, BUT IT WAS NOT BRUISED OR SWOLLEN. THE POCKET WAS TENDER THOUGH AND THE PATIENT COULD NOT LIE ON THAT SIDE. PER THE HCP, THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE ANY FEVER OR SIGN OF INFECTION AT THE POCKET. THE PATIENT DID (B)(6) INFECTION, BUT IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THIS INFECTION WAS RELATED TO THE DEVICE. THE PATIENT HAD NOT SEEN HIS FOLLOW UP DOCTOR FOR HIS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE STIMULATION BUT HAD AN APPOINTMENT "SOME TIME" THAT WEEK. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SENT IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RESTORE ADVANCED STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37713

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization