FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED II

MDR report key: 3011450 · Received March 19, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-03935
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 19, 2013
Report Date
February 19, 2013
Manufacturer
MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CATHETER MODEL: 8711, SERIAL #(B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, EXPLANTED: UNKNOWN. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS REPORT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. THERE WAS NO ALARM HEARD, THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN GETTING ANY PAIN RELIEF AND IT WAS "BELIEVED THE PUMP HAD NOT BEEN WORKING." THE DOCTOR TURNED OFF THE PUMP INSTEAD OF REFILLING THE PUMP ON THE LAST REFILL APPOINTMENT AND PLANS TO REPLACE THE PUMP ON (B)(6) 2013. THE PATIENT HAD BEEN BENT OVER IN PAIN, HAVE SPASMS IN HER ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, AND HAVE PAIN THAT "INCREASED SLOWLY" FOLLOWING THE PUMP BEING TURNED OFF ON (B)(6) 2013. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT REPORTED TO HAVE SLEPT ALL DAY, WAS IN "SO MUCH PAIN", AND WAS A "SICK PERSON." THE PUMP WAS INFUSING BACLOFEN AND MORPHINE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

2015-09-21 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A CONSUMER INDICATED THE PATIENT HAD A RETURN OF PAIN AND COULD NOT FEEL THE MEDICATION IN 2013. THE PATIENT BELIEVED HER PUMP WAS MALFUNCTIONING, THOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WAS WRONG WITH IT. HER PUMP WAS REPLACED (EARLY 2014, MAYBE (B)(6) DUE TO THESE ISSUES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
114261 SYNCHROMED II PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO 863740

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention