FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR

MDR report key: 3002053 · Received March 13, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-00764
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 13, 2013
Date of Event
November 19, 2012
Report Date
December 19, 2019
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID: 3093, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4). ANALYSIS OF THE LEAD FOUND THAT THE CONDUCTOR BODY WAS BROKEN AT OR NEAR THE TINES. THE #0 CONDUCTOR WAS BROKEN 5.3 CM FROM THE DISTAL END.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE LEAD MALFUNCTIONED. IT WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT LEAD AND EXTENSION. PATIENT OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STATED THE PATIENT'S SACRAL NERVE STIMULATOR LEAD AND EXTENSION WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. IT WAS STATED THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS A BROKEN LEAD AND THE PATIENT HAD SIDE EFFECTS "SUGGESTING A BREAK IN THE LEAD." IT WAS ALSO STATED THE REMOVED LEAD WAS "INTACT GROSSLY" AND THE NEW REPLACEMENT LEAD GAVE "GOOD RESPONSES IN FOUR POSITIONS." IT WAS NOTED THE NEW LEAD THEN WOULD FIT INTO THE OLD EXTENSION BUT "THE (UNKNOWN WORD) AND PLASTIC COVERING OVER THE TOP WOULD NOT FIT APPROPRIATELY" SO A NEW, REPLACEMENT EXTENSION WAS USED. IMPEDANCES WERE THEN TEST AND ALL WERE NORMAL. THE PATIENT RECOVERED WITHOUT SEQUELA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
104659 IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_INS_STIMULATOR

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention