FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EXTERNAL NEUROSTIMULATOR, UNKNOWN

MDR report key: 3082051 · Received April 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-01452
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 29, 2013
Report Date
April 12, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID NEU_UNKNOWN_LEAD. PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS "SEVERELY MAIMED" FROM THE NEUROSTIMULATOR TRIAL AND HAD "SOME INSANE THINGS GOING ON" AND NUMBNESS "ALL OVER HIS BODY" AS THE RESULT THAT HE HAD NEVER HAD BEFORE. IT WAS STATED THAT THE PATIENT COULD"GO ON AND ON" WITH ALL OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS. IT WAS STATED THAT DURING THE SURGERY FOR THE TRIAL THE DOCTOR ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE NEUROSTIMULATOR IN PATIENT'S BODY AND THE PATIENT KEPT YELLING AND SCREAMING THAT SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. WHEN RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
185717 EXTERNAL NEUROSTIMULATOR, UNKNOWN STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_ENS_STIMULATOR

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other