FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STRATA II VALVE, SMALL

MDR report key: 3022752 · Received March 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
2021898-2013-00092
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 22, 2013
Date of Event
April 22, 2012
Report Date
February 21, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K042465
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FI
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. THEREFORE, AN EVALUATION OF DEVICE PERFORMANCE WAS NOT POSSIBLE. A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. ALL OF OUR VALVES ARE 100% TESTED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY THAT THE PATIENT HAD COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, STRATA WAS IMPLANTED AS THE SECOND SHUNT. THE REPORT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRST SHUNT. THE REPORT STATED THAT TWO MONTHS AFTER THE SURGERY, SYMPTOMS OF SHUNT OBSTRUCTION WERE OBSERVED. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE SHUNT WAS REPLACED WITH STRATA SMALL VALVE. THE REPORT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
119088 STRATA II VALVE, SMALL JXG - SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 30 MO Hospitalization| R