FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNKNOWN IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR

MDR report key: 3143363 · Received June 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-01840
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 3, 2013
Report Date
May 14, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE PATIENT WOKE UP THE MORNING AFTER SHE WAS IMPLANTED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A BOWEL MOVEMENT DURING THE NIGHT AND IT WAS DIARRHEA. THE PATIENT HAD REPORTEDLY NOT HAD THIS SYMPTOM BEFORE. THE REPORTER INDICATED THAT ¿DURING EVALUATION AT FIRST STIMULATION, IT WAS MORE ON THE SIT BONES¿. THE PATIENT WAS REPROGRAMMED SO¿IT WAS MORE IN THE VAGINAL AREA¿. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, STIMULATION WAS ON, ON PROGRAM 1 AT .8V AND THE PATIENT FELT STIMULATION ¿INTERMITTENTLY¿ IN THE VAGINAL AREA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOLLOW UP INFORMATION REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT STILL HAD CONCERNS WITH THEIR DEVICE THERAPY BUT HAD NOT SOUGHT FURTHER HELP. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INFORMATION REVIEWED INDICATED THAT PATIENT WAS INCONTINENT DURING THE NIGHT FOR BOWEL MOVEMENT. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE WAS VERY SORE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
243863 UNKNOWN IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_INTERSTIM_INS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1