FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CSF - CARDIAC/PERITONEAL CATHETER, STD. BARIUM IMPR

MDR report key: 3060042 · Received April 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2021898-2013-00139
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 11, 2013
Date of Event
March 1, 2013
Report Date
March 13, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K792005
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR RETURN. THEREFORE, AN EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE PERFORMANCE WAS NOT POSSIBLE. A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS SHOWED NO ANOMALIES. ADDITIONAL PATIENT/DEVICE INFORMATION: THE EXACT EVENT DATE/EXPLANT DATE IS UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY THAT WHEN THE PHYSICIAN ADJUSTED THE STRATA II VALVE TO PRESSURE LEVEL 2.0, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE DIVERSION AND WHEN THEY ADJUSTED THE VALVE TO PRESSURE LEVEL 2.5, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A CEREBRAL HERNIA. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THAT THERE MAY BE A LEAK FROM THE DEVICE, SO HE EXPLANTED THE ENTIRE SHUNT. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IS UNDER RECOVERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
156512 CSF - CARDIAC/PERITONEAL CATHETER, STD. BARIUM IMPR JXG - SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY D04470

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR Hospitalization| R