FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 2945569 · Received February 6, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-01348
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 6, 2013
Report Date
January 14, 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
RI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID: 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER. PRODUCT ID: 3708660, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID: 3708660, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID: 3387S-40, LOT# VA04NKA, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD; PRODUCT ID: 3387S-40, LOT# VA02KCE, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT'S DEVICE WAS PROGRAMMED ABOUT 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DAY OF REPORT. THE PATIENT FELT A LITTLE BETTER AFTER THE PROGRAMMING. THE PATIENT'S "BIGGEST PROBLEM" WAS THAT HE DIDN'T SLEEP WELL AND HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE PATIENT SLEPT WELL THE FIRST 3 NIGHTS AFTER GETTING PROGRAMMED, THEN "ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE KIND OF WENT BACK TO HIS OLD WAYS OF NOT SLEEPING GREAT." THE PATIENT HAD SENSITIVE AND TINGLING FEET THAT STARTED THE DAY PRIOR TO REPORT. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT USED "TV EARS" EVERY MORNING, AND THE REPORTER WONDERED WHETHER THE TV EARS AFFECTED THE DEVICE, AS PART OF THE TV EARS HUNG DOWN TO NEAR WHERE THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS WERE IMPLANTED IN THE CHEST. AT THE TIME OF REPORT THE PATIENT TURNED OFF THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR AND DID NOT NOTICE A CHANGE IN THERAPY. THE PATIENT HAD AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
49627 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37603

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1