FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 2735873 · Received September 7, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-07907
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 7, 2012
Report Date
August 10, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID: 3093-28, LOT #: V052390, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD; PRODUCT ID: 3037, SERIAL #: (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007, PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT AND HAVING STIMULATION IN THE WRONG LOCATION. THE PATIENT WAS NOT QUITE GETTING THE STIMULATION SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GETTING AND THAT SHE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN URGENCY AND FREQUENCY. THE PATIENT'S LAST PROGRAMMING OCCURRED IN (B)(6) 2011. THE PATIENT FELT A LITTLE BIT OF STIMULATION IN THE VAGINAL AREA, BUT ALSO FELT IT "RADIATING DOWN HER KNEES." PROGRAM #3 WAS THE PATIENT'S MOST ACTIVE PROGRAM AT 2.0 VOLTS WITH AN ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION OF 0+, 2-. WITH PROGRAM #3 ACTIVE, THE PATIENT FELT STIMULATION "MORE IN THE BUTTOCK AREA," AND NEEDED IT TO BE "VAGINAL AND [ON THE] TOPS OF THIGHS," AS THIS WAS THE BEST THERAPY FOR HER. IT WAS NOTED THAT DURING AN IMPEDANCE TEST, CONTACT C1 READ "???." IT WAS PLANNED THAT THE CLINICIAN WOULD ATTEMPT TO REPROGRAM THE PATIENT'S THERAPY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1