FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SOLETRA

MDR report key: 2882396 · Received December 20, 2012

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2012-12114
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 20, 2012
Report Date
July 31, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID: NEU_PTM_PROG, PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER. PRODUCT ID: 7482A51, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 7482A40, SERIAL# NHU173128V, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3387S-40, LOT# UNKNOWN, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3387S-40, LOT# UNKNOWN, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS NOT ABLE TO ADJUST STIMULATION. THE STATUS LIGHTS ON THE BACK OF THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER WERE ASSESSED, BUT NO LIGHTS WERE CONFIRMED. IT WAS STATED THE PATIENT "DIDN'T THINK THEY HAVE EVER CHANGED THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER BATTERIES." IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD BEEN LETHARGIC AND WAS "STUMBLING" AROUND FOR THE ABOUT THREE DAYS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT "BELIEVED THEIR IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED." A MINOR SHOCK/BUZZING SENSATION COULD BE FELT BY THE PATIENT, AS WELL. IT WAS NOTED THAT REPROGRAMMING HAD BEEN COMPLETED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO AND THE SYMPTOMS "GOT BETTER AFTER THAT." IN ADDITION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER INS IMPLANTED IN THEIR CHEST ON (B)(6) 2012. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT LOST THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD TROUBLE WITH SHAKING AND DIFFICULTY WALKING THE PAST FOUR DAYS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SOLETRA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 7426

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1