FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 2767387 · Received October 1, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-08742
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 1, 2012
Report Date
September 1, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID (B)(4), LOT#, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED:, EXPLANTED:, PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. PRODUCT ID (B)(4) LOT#, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, EXPLANTED:, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID (B)(4), LOT#, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, EXPLANTED: PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID (B)(4), LOT# V157349, SERIAL#, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, EXPLANTED:, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID (B)(4), LOT# V153396, SERIAL#, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, EXPLANTED:, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR (DBS) SHOCKED AND JOLTED A PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS SHOCKED AND JOLTED TWICE, CAUSING "FREEZING" IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT ARMS AND FACIAL DRAWING FOR 10 SECONDS THE FIRST TIME, AND "FREEZING" IN THE RIGHT ARM AND LEG WITH FACIAL DRAWING FOR 30 SECONDS THE SECOND TIME. HER BALANCE WAS ALSO "OFF." SHE WENT TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM, WAS PUT IN THE HOSPITAL, RECEIVED A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCAN, TURNED OFF HER DEVICE, AND THE SHOCKING/JOLTING STOPPED. AT AN APPOINTMENT 4 DAYS LATER, THE DEVICE WAS TURNED ON AGAIN, AND SHE WAS JOLTED IN THE SAME WAY. IMPEDANCE WAS CHECKED AND THE VOLTAGE WAS LOWERED. HER DEVICE WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE HCP READ THE CT SCAN AND "IT LOOKED LIKE HER LEFT LEAD HAD PULLED OUT SOME." SHE WILL BE SEEN AGAIN IN ONE MONTH. THE PATIENT WAS LISTED AS "NO INJURY/NO ADVERSE EVENT."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37601

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R