BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    IMPLANT PDS3000 6PK PILLAR PALATAL EN

    MDR report key: 2823927 · Received October 29, 2012

    Report

    Report Number
    1045254-2012-00639
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    October 29, 2012
    Report Date
    February 21, 2011
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Product Code
    LRK
    PMA / PMN Number
    K040417
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Occupation
    LAY USER/PATIENT

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED / NOT RETURNED TO THE MFR FOR EVAL. WITHOUT A DEVICE LOT NUMBER, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE A DATE OF MANUFACTURE. THE IMPLANT IS INTENDED FOR USE IN STIFFENING THE SOFT PALATE TISSUE, WHICH MAY REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF SNORING IN SOME INDIVIDUALS, AND FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE INCIDENCE OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTIONS IN PTS SUFFERING FROM MILD TO MODERATE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA). THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A DELIVERY TOOL AND AN IMPLANT. THE DELIVERY TOOL COMES PRELOADED WITH THE IMPLANT. (B)(4). THE IMPLANT IS APPROX 0.7 INCHES (18MM) IN LENGTH AND HAS AN APPROXIMATE OUTER DIAMETER OF 0.08 INCHES (2 MM). THE DELIVERY TOOL CONSISTS OF A HANDLE AND 14-GAUGE NEEDLE. THE NEEDLE IS INSERTED INTO THE SOFT PALATE; THE IMPLANT IS DEPLOYED BY ADVANCING THE SLIDER; AND THE DELIVERY TOOL IS REMOVED. THE DELIVERY TOOL IS DISPOSABLE. USE OF THE IMPLANT INVOLVES POTENTIAL RISKS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF ANY IMPLANTED DEVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLANT MIGRATION AND PARTIAL / FULL EXTRUSION OF THE IMPLANT. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE DEVICE TO THE REPORTED INCIDENT IS UNCLEAR. THE PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED BY THE CUSTOMER AND NOT RETURNED TO THE MFR; THEREFORE NO PRODUCT ANALYSIS IS AVAILABLE. WITHOUT RETURN OF THE DEVICE, IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT IT FAILED TO MEET SPEC. NO APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS OR MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED. NO PT INFO/IDENTIFIER WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE ORIGINAL REPORT, WITHOUT WHICH IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO F/U WITH THE CLINICIAN. THEREFORE, THE AVAILABLE INFO IS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED PRODUCT PROBLEM. INFO RECEIVED REASONABLY SUGGEST A SERIOUS INJURY, OR THAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED TO PRECLUDE SERIOUS INJURY, WE ARE FILING THIS REPORT AS AN ADVERSE EVENT AND PRODUCT PROBLEM.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THIS REPORT IS PROVIDED AS A PART OF A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW, AND WAS PERFORMED AS THE RESULT OF RECENT CHANGES/IMPROVEMENTS TO PRODUCT SPECIFIC CRITERIA DEVELOPED TO MAKE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT (MDR) DECISIONS RELATED TO THE PILLAR PALATIAL IMPLANTS, PER DISCUSSION WITH OFFICE OF SURVEILLANCE AND BIOMETRICS (OSB). THIS CHANGE/IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WAS INITIATED IN JANUARY 2012, HAS RESULTED IN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MDRS FILED BY THE MFR - THIS INCREASE IS NOT THE RESULT OF THE DISCOVERY OF ANY NEW PRODUCT PROBLEMS, BUT RATHER THE RESULT OF A BROADER INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE SUBMISSION CRITERIA. THIS REPORT ORIGINATE WITH A PT WHO INDICATES SHE HAD PROSTHESIS PALATAL ((B)(4)) IMPLANTS, AND THAT ONE IMPLANT WAS EXTRUDING ONE WEEK POST PLACEMENT (NO DATES WERE GIVEN). SHE CONSULTED A SECOND PHYSICIAN WHO REMOVED THE DEVICES, INDICATING THAT THE IMPLANTS WERE "INCORRECTLY PLACED" AND SHE WAS "NOT A GOOD CANDIDATE" FOR PROSTHESIS PALATAL IMPLANTS. ADD'L INFO GAVE NO DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT. NO INFO WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE PHYSICIAN WHO REMOVED THE IMPLANTS; F/U WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 IMPLANT PDS3000 6PK PILLAR PALATAL EN LRK - DEVICE, ANTI-SNORING LRK MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. PDS3000 NI

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention