FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 3122051 · Received May 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-07965
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2013
Report Date
May 2, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 3389S-40, LOT# V605573, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 3389S-40, LOT# V603774, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 37085-60, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 37085-60, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD BEEN SHOCKED TWICE AT THEIR DEVICE POCKET SITE AND HAD ONE EPISODE OF HEATING IN THE POCKET. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD HEARD A BEEP COME FROM THEIR IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS). IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT HAD NO LOSS OF THERAPY. IT WAS LATER REPORTED THE PRINTOUT OF THE PATIENT¿S FILE SHOWED THERE WERE NO OUT OF REGULATIONS (OORS) REPORTED AND THE BATTERY VOLTAGE DIAGNOSTIC WAS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THE IMPEDANCES WERE WITHIN NORMAL RANGE. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER STATED THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS UNKNOWN AND THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS. IT WAS STATED THE EVENT WAS AN ISOLATED EVENT AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OR CAUSE. THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER REPORTED IT AS A RARE EVENT OF HEAT SENSATION AROUND THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) POCKET. REPORTEDLY, THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE SENSATION. IT WAS NOTED THERE WAS NO PROGRAMMING ISSUE AND THE PATIENT WOULD KEEP A LOG OF ANY FUTURE SENSATIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE DEVICE POCKET. IT WAS STATED THERE WAS NO INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF THERAPY REPORTED AND THE PATIENT DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION. THE PATIENT¿S OUTCOME WAS REPORTED AS NO INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
224281 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37601

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1