PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE
Report
- Report Number
- 3007566237-2012-02629
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- November 6, 2012
- Report Date
- October 10, 2012
- Manufacturer
- MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
- Product Code
- LKK
- PMA / PMN Number
- P860004
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- RI, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
(B)(4).
(B)(4).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED DURING THE EVENT THE PATIENT WAS BURNING UP AND COLD. THE PATIENT¿S HEADACHES WERE BETWEEN THE TEMPLES. THE DATE OF ONSET OR DIAGNOSIS OF THE INFECTION WAS (B)(6) 2012. SYMPTOMS INCLUDED REDNESS AND SWELLING. AS OF (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT NO LONGER HAD MENINGITIS AND THE INFECTION RESOLVED. IT WAS NOTED THE TRIAL WENT POSITIVE, BUT IT GOT INFECTED WITH THE HOSE TO THE ¿POP DOOR.¿ THE CATHETER GOT CAUGHT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON A CAR AND ¿IT POPPED.¿ FLUID WAS SEEN COMING OUT. THERE WERE FIVE ¿GOOD SIZE COILS¿ TAPED TO THE SIDE OF IT AND THE PATIENT AND HIS DAUGHTER TRIED TO PUT THE CATHETER BACK IN AND COULDN¿T. THE PATIENT¿S HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL (HCP) ¿YANKED¿ THE CATHETER OUT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THE PATIENT HAS A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW HCP TO HAVE A NEW PUMP PUT IN THE END OF (B)(6) 2012.
THE NARRATIVE REPORTED IN MANUFACTURER REPORT # 3007566237-2012-02629 ¿IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THE PATIENT HAS A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW HCP TO HAVE A NEW PUMP PUT IN THE END OF (B)(6) 2012.¿ WAS REPORTED IN ERROR AND DID NOT APPLY TO THIS EVENT.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE PATIENT'S TRIAL "IT" GOT INFECTED AND THE CATHETER "POPPED" THE SECOND DAY. THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND THE TRIAL WAS TAKEN OUT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM (ER). ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A "HUMONGOUS HEADACHE." SINCE THE PUMP TRIAL, THE PATIENT HAS HAD HEADACHE 4 TIMES (THIS INFORMATION WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN MANUFACTURER REPORT #3007566237-2012-01685). IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD GOTTEN MENINGITIS DURING THE PUMP TRIAL IN 2008. THE TRIAL WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE | LKK | MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION | NEU_UNKNOWN_CATH |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospitalization| R |