FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 3122595 · Received May 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-07984
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 21, 2013
Date of Event
April 30, 2013
Report Date
May 1, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID 3037, SERIAL # (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 3093-28, LOT # VA06M14, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2013, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE PATIENT URINATED IT BURNED UP IN THE PATIENT'S VAGINA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A URINARY TRACT INFECTION WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL GOOD OVER THE WEEKEND AND KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE PATIENT STATED THAT THEY HAD THESE INFECTIONS EVEN BEFORE THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) WAS PLACED. THE PATIENT DID REPORT THAT THE INS THERAPY DID HELP WITH THEIR CATHETERIZATION. THE PATIENT DID INCREASE THE STIMULATION TO 2.1 VOLTS BUT WAS ¿TOO MUCH¿ AND WAS DECREASED TO 1.8 VOLTS WHERE IT WAS NOTED THAT THEY WERE ¿URINATING GREAT¿ SINCE. TWELVE DAYS LATER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. THE PATIENT SAW THEIR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL (HCP) ON (B)(6) 2013 AND WAS DIRECTED TO LEAVE THE INS AT 1.8 VOLTS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT DRINKS A LOT OF WATER, JUICES, AND TEA. THE PATIENT NOTICED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THEY WERE NOT URINATING WELL (¿ONLY DRIBBLES¿). THE PATIENT HAD A ¿PULLING SENSATION¿ BUT NOT AS STRONG AS IT WAS. THE PATIENT WAS TOLD BY THEIR PHYSICIAN THAT THEY HAD A ¿LARGE BLADDER.¿ THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2013 THEY INCREASED THE STIMULATION TO 2.1 VOLTS AND NOTED THAT THEY NOW COULD GO TO THE BATHROOM, HAD GOOD FLOW, AND HAD A GOOD SENSATION (THEY HAD ALREADY GONE TO THE BATHROOM 3 TIMES TODAY). THE PATIENT ALSO REPORTED THAT THEY HAD AN INFECTION BUT THAT IT HAD CLEARED UP BY THE TIME THEY SAW THEIR HCP. THE PATIENT WAS DUE BACK TO THE HCP¿S OFFICE IN 6 WEEKS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
223718 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00065 YR Required Intervention