FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PRIMEADVANCED

MDR report key: 2834579 · Received November 15, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-10343
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 15, 2012
Report Date
October 18, 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
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID 39565-65, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2010, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 37743, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN STIMULATION WAS TURNED ON AND THE PATIENT WOULD PUT HER CHIN TO HER CHEST, LIKE A NODDING HEAD MOTION, THE STIMULATION THAT WAS DOWN HER LEG CUT OFF. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE HAD MOVED OVER CLOSER TO HER SPINE AND WAS RUBBING ON SOMETHING, PERHAPS A BONE, WHICH THE PATIENT BELIEVED OCCURRED OVER TIME AS SHE WAS ADVISED TO SLEEP ON HER RIGHT SIDE, BUT CANNOT DUE TO A NECK SURGERY THAT SHE HAD. THE STIMULATION DOES NOT RELIEVE THIS NEW PAIN, SHE HURT ALL DAY YESTERDAY, SLEPT AND WOKE UP WITHOUT PAIN, AND NOW STARTED TO HURT AGAIN. THE PATIENT HAD DONE A LOT OF THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE THAT MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED, BUT NOT TODAY. THE PATIENT WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE HER PHYSICIAN. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. WHEN RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PRIMEADVANCED STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37702

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1