FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERSTIM

MDR report key: 2862867 · Received December 10, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-11295
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 10, 2012
Report Date
November 9, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID, 3095-10 LOT# SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: 2008 (B)(6), PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION PRODUCT ID, 3093-28 LOT# V138325, IMPLANTED: 2008 (B)(6), PRODUCT TYPE LEAD PRODUCT ID, 3031A LOT# SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: 2008 (B)(6), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED, THE PATIENT NEVER HAD THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. IT WAS NOTED, THE IMPLANT HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING FOR THE PATIENT AND THAT THE IMPLANT HAD NEVER WORKED. IT WAS NOTED, THE PATIENT HAD THE ENTIRE SYSTEM REMOVED BECAUSE, THEY HAD MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND COULD NOT HAVE AN MRI, THE PATIENT HAD NOT KNOWN THIS PRIOR TO IMPLANT. IT WAS ALSO NOTED, IT TOOK TWO YEARS FOR THE PATIENT TO FIND A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO REMOVE THE IMPLANT AND THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DID NOT WANT TO REMOVE THE IMPLANT. IT WAS ALSO NOTED, THE PATIENT'S STIMULATION HAD BEEN TURNING OFF. PATIENT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF FOR TWO YEARS. PATIENT HAD BEEN GETTING "SHOT" ONCE A WEEK AND HAD BEEN TAKING PILLS FOR MS BUT DID NOT KNOW IF IT HAD BEEN HELPING BECAUSE, THEY COULD NOT GET AN MRI. PATIENT WOULD HAVE BOTOX INJECTED IN TO THEIR BLADDER TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOW UP INFORMATION RECEIVED CLARIFIED THAT THE PATIENT'S IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) WAS REMOVED DUE TO "MALFUNCTION (SUBJECTIVE)" IN ADDITIONAL TO THE NEED FOR THE MRI DUE TO THE PATIENT'S MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INTERSTIM STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3023

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention