FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 2854994 · Received December 3, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-11090
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 3, 2012
Report Date
November 28, 2012
Manufacturer
MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID 7482A51, SERIAL # (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 7482A51, SERIAL # (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 64001, LOT # N293019, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE ADAPTER; PRODUCT ID 64001, LOT # N293019, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE ADAPTER; PRODUCT ID 37651, SERIAL # (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE RECHARGER; PRODUCT ID 37642, SERIAL # (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER; PATIENT PRODUCT ID (B)(4), LOT # V251538, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 3389S-40, LOT # V297034, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2012 THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING "SOME SPEECH FREEZING," TEN SECONDS IN LENGTH ABOUT SIX TIMES A DAY. WHEN CONTACT THREE WAS "OUT OF THE MIX", THE PATIENT GOT NECK AND JAW TIGHTENING "RIGHT AWAY." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON (B)(4) 2012 REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD "GREAT BENEFIT," BUT WAS GETTING THE EPISODES IN WHICH HE COULD NOT SPEAK OR SWALLOW. IF THE PATIENT WAS EATING AT THE TIME HE HAD TO SPIT OUT HIS FOOD OR RISK NOT BEING ABLE TO SWALLOW AND CHOKE. REPROGRAMMING HAD BEEN DONE WITHOUT SUCCESS AND "PALPATION DID NOT REPRODUCE." THERE WAS ALSO A "VERY SMALL, SUSPICIOUS KINK" ON AN X-RAY, ONE "FINGER BREADTH" ABOVE THE LEAD AND EXTENSION CONNECTION. THE LEAD AND EXTENSION WERE THOUGHT TO BE "CHRONIC" AND IT WAS TO BE DETERMINED IF THE ADAPTOR, DEVICE, AND EXTENSION SHOULD BE REMOVED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO 37612

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1