FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM

MDR report key: 2964694 · Received February 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-00508
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 15, 2013
Date of Event
November 14, 2012
Report Date
February 1, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P080025
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). FINAL DEVICE ANALYSIS OF THE STYLET REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE STYLET HANDLE BROKE JUST INSIDE THE PACKAGING TUBE. THE DIAMETER OF THE STYLET HANDLE WAS MEASURED AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN SPECIFICATION. THE INNER DIAMETER AND THICKNESS OF THE PACKAGING TUBE WERE MEASURED AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN SPECIFICATION. A KNOWN GOOD LEAD AND STYLET WERE ABLE TO BE INSERTED AND WITHDRAWN FROM THE PACKAGING TUBE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE FACT THAT THE PRODUCT IS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS SUGGESTS THAT THIS WAS A HANDLING ISSUE. FINAL DEVICE ANALYSIS OF THE SCREENER CABLE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: NO ANOMALY FOUND.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT "THE WHITE TIP OF THE TEST LEAD WAS BROKEN AT THE STYLET INSIDE THE PLASTIC SHEATH." THE EVENT OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE AND THE STYLET WAS REMOVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
68617 INTERSTIM STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 3057-1SC N320635

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1