FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STEALTHSTATION S7 SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3053640 · Received April 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
1723170-2013-00276
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 11, 2013
Date of Event
April 22, 2013
Report Date
April 22, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC.
Product Code
HAW
PMA / PMN Number
K050438
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION INVOLVED ONSITE SIMULATED USE TESTING OF THE SYSTEM BY MEDTRONIC FIELD REPRESENTATIVE. PER SYSTEM CHECKOUT RESULTS THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED PROPERLY DURING TESTING. UNABLE TO REPLICATE ISSUE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PATIENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT NOT PROVIDED. NO PARTS OR FILES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A MEDTRONIC REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT THE CAMERA STOPPED WORKING HALF WAY THROUGH A NAVIGATED SPINE CASE UTILIZING THE STEALTHSTATION S7 NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND O-ARM IMAGING SYSTEM. THEY HAD TAKEN ONE NAVIGATED SPIN WITH THE O-ARM AND NAVIGATED HALF THE SPINE. THEY MOVED THE FRAME TO A NEW LOCATION AND ATTEMPTED TO DO A SECOND NAVIGATED SPIN. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY WERE UNABLE TO PICK UP THE O-ARM TRACKER OR SPINE FRAME WITH THE CAMERA. THEY STATED THE CAMERA HAD A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT AND WAS AT A NORMAL DISTANCE AWAY. AT THIS POINT THEY DISCONTINUED NAVIGATION AND FINISHED THE REST OF THE CASE WITH 2D-FLUOROSCOPY. THEY DID A POST-OPERATIVE SPIN WITH THE O-ARM AND ALL HARDWARE WAS PLACED ACCURATE. THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
156033 STEALTHSTATION S7 SYSTEM NEUROLOGICAL STEREOTAXIC INSTRUMENT HAW MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. S7

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM