FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED II

MDR report key: 3071516 · Received April 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-06686
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 22, 2013
Report Date
March 26, 2013
Manufacturer
MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCT: PRODUCT ID 8576, LOT# N121183, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, PRODUCT TYPE ACCESSORY; PRODUCT ID 8832, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO A PUMP REVISION SURGERY, THE PHYSICIAN OBTAINED RESULTS OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) SCAN WHICH REVEALED SUSPECTED FINDINGS OF AN INFECTION. THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ID) FOR AN EVALUATION. A BONE BIOPSY WAS REQUESTED BY ID PRIOR TO THE PUMP SURGERY. THE RESULTS OF THE BIOPSY WERE INITIALLY REPORTED AS PENDING. THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED ANTIBIOTICS AND WAS REPORTED AS ALIVE WITH NO INJURY AND NO DRUG WAS IN THE PUMP. IN ADDITION, REPORTEDLY THE PATIENT RECEIVED A 'POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED' LUMBAR EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION (LESI). IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT THE BIOPSY HAD BEEN ORDERED BUT NOT YET COMPLETED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
172786 SYNCHROMED II PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO 863720

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other