FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RESTORE

MDR report key: 2900432 · Received January 7, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-00274
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 7, 2013
Report Date
December 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
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 377760, LOT# V006158, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006. PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD: PRODUCT ID 37752, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006. PRODUCT TYPE: RECHARGER: PRODUCT ID 37742, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006. PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STATED, THE PATIENT MET WITH THEIR DOCTOR ON (B)(6) 2012. IT WAS STATED, THE INS WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL "PROBABLY DUE TO CHARGING ISSUES". IT WAS ALSO STATED, THE PATIENT HAD ONGOING BACK AND LEG PAIN AND NECK AND ARM PAIN. A PADDLE LEAD PLACEMENT WAS DISCUSSED. IT WAS STATED, THE PATIENT HAD OTHERWISE REMAINED STABLE. SIMPLE EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT REPROGRAMMING OF THE INS WAS DONE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INS WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BE ACTIVATED. THE PATIENT WAS ALSO SEEN ON (B)(6) 2013 AND IT WAS STATED, THE INS WAS "CLEARLY DEAD". THE PATIENT WAS CLEAR THAT WHEN THE "STIMULATION WAS WORKING, IT CONTROLLED THE PAIN IN THE BACK AND LEFT LEG AND ALSO IN THE RIGHT LEG". HER INS HAD BEEN NON-FUNCTIONAL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. FOLLOW UP WAS PLANNED FOR ONE MONTH TO DISCUSS INS REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF TWO LEADS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT STILL HAD CONCERNS REGARDING HER DEVICE OR THERAPY AND WAS WORKING WITH HER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL OR MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE. NO APPOINTMENT DATES WERE REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WITH SYMPTOMS OF "INCREASED BASELINE" PAIN IN HER LEGS AND BACK. THE REPORTER STATED THAT THE DEVICE HADN'T WORKED FOR "A LONG TIME" BUT THERE WAS NO KNOWN ACCIDENT RELATED TO THE COMPLAINT. AN ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE PREVIOUSLY TO TRY TO REPLACE IT BUT THE PATIENT WASN'T ABLE TO AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, THE PATIENT'S CONDITION HAD "WORSENED" AND SHE WANTED TO SCHEDULE A REPLACEMENT. IT WAS NOTED THAT "EXTRA LEADS" WERE GOING TO BE IMPLANTED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
7019 RESTORE STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37711

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention