FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RESTORE

MDR report key: 3050718 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-05874
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
March 26, 2013
Report Date
March 27, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ANALYSIS OF NEUROSTIMULATOR MODEL 37711HJ SERIAL # (B)(4) SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES. ANALYSIS OF LEAD MODEL 3587A SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES. ANALYSIS OF EXTENSION MODEL 37083 SERIAL UNKNOWN SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES. ANALYSIS OF PLUG ACCESSORY MODEL 3550-29 SHOWED NO ANOMALIES.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4)ANALYSIS RESULTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 3587A, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 1998, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2013. PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD: PRODUCT ID 37083, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2013. PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT'S SYSTEM "NO LONG PROVIDED STIMULATION" SO THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM (OR). DURING SURGERY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEAD HAD BEEN SEVERED DUE TO BONE THAT HAD GROWN OVER THE TAIL OF THE LEAD AT THE POINT THAT WAS CLOSEST TO THE PADDLE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEAD WAS IMPLANTED IN 1998. IT WAS STATED THAT THE EXTENSION HAD BEEN DAMAGED AS WELL. THE SURGEON REPLACED THE LEAD AND THE EXTENSION. WHEN IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) THE IMPEDANCES WERE HIGH. A NEW INS WAS USED AND THE IMPEDANCES WERE "NORMAL". IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO PATIENT DEATH OR INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
150238 RESTORE STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37711HJ

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention