FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 2951052 · Received February 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-01505
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 8, 2013
Report Date
January 22, 2013
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
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID, 3093-28 LOT# V826029, IMPLANTED: 2011 (B)(6), PRODUCT TYPE LEAD PRODUCT ID, 3037 LOT# SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT NEVER HAD THERAPEUTIC EFFECT AND THE PATIENT STATED THAT HER DEVICE AFFECTED HER RECTUM AND NOT HER BLADDER. SUBSEQUENT INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS HAVING CONCERNS WITH HER DEVICE OR THERAPY, BUT WAS WORKING WITH HER DOCTOR AND/OR MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE PATIENT'S DOCTOR REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS UNKNOWN, THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL IMPEDANCES, NO HOSPITALIZATION WAS REQUIRED, AND THAT THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER DOCTOR FOR CYSTOCELE AND POSSIBLE SURGERY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT REPORTED HAVING SURGERY SIX MONTHS AGO TO HAVE THE "DEVICE REWIRED" AND THE PATIENT STATED THAT "IT'S NOT WORKING AS WELL AS IT DID." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. WHEN RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THE STEPS TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE PATIENT'S LACK OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WERE REPEATED SURGERIES AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT FAILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE NEVER WORKED. AFTER THE PATIENT HAD 3 SURGERIES TO MAKE IT WORK, IT NEVER DID. IT WAS NOT WORKING AND HAD BEEN OFF FOR 2 YEARS. THE PATIENT WANTED THE DEVICE REMOVED SO THEY COULD HAVE AN MRI. THE INDICATIONS FOR USE FOR THIS PATIENT WERE URINARY DYSFUNCTION/SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION AND GASTROINTESTINAL/PELVIC FLOOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
54955 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention