FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR

MDR report key: 3132429 · Received May 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-01753
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 29, 2013
Date of Event
February 20, 2013
Report Date
May 7, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS PRIOR TO REPORT, IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE ¿IMPLANT WAS NOT WORKING.¿ THE PATIENT WAS THREE WEEKS POST IMPLANT AND WAS HAVING MORE LEAKING EPISODES THAN BEFORE. WHEN THE PATIENT WOULD SNEEZE, COUGH, OR WALK, THEY WOULD HAVE LEAKAGE. AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS ¿WETTING¿ HERSELF, HAVING DIFFICULTY URINATING, HAVING BOWEL ISSUES, AND PAIN. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THESE WERE RELATED TO A URINARY TRACT INFECTION. THE PATIENT RECEIVED ANTIBIOTICS AND THOUGHT THAT WAS HELPING THEIR PAIN. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) WAS ON. THE PATIENT WAS ON PROGRAM 2 AT 0.75V AND FELT IT ¿MORE IN THE ANUS.¿ THE INS WAS TURNED OFF UNTIL THE PATIENT COULD MEET WITH THEIR SURGEON. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
237150 IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_INTERSTIM_INS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention