FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNKNOWN IMPLANTABLE PUMP

MDR report key: 3151536 · Received June 7, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-01885
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 7, 2013
Report Date
May 9, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCT: PRODUCT ID NEU_UNKNOWN_CATH, SERIAL# UNKNOWN, PRODUCT TYPE CATHETER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER REPORTED THAT A PATIENT¿S CATHETER TIP WAS AT T8, AND WAS ¿A LITTLE HIGH¿. THEY NOTED THE PATIENT HAD FREQUENT EPISODES WHERE HE FELT THAT HE HAD INCREASED PAIN AND SYMPTOMS OF WITHDRAWING. AFTERWARDS, THE PATIENT FELT SYMPTOMS OF OVERDOSE WHERE HE WAS NAUSEATED, HAD THROWN UP, AND HAD A LOT OF ITCHING. THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER NOTED IN THE LOGS THAT THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE STALLS. THE DURATION OF THE STALLS WAS UNKNOWN AS THEY ¿DID NOT REALLY LOOK AT THAT¿. WHEN THE PATIENT¿S NEXT REFILL WAS DONE, THEIR RESIDUAL VOLUME WAS EQUAL TO WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. THE HCP FURTHER STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE ¿TURN-OFFS¿ THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. IT WAS LATER NOTED THAT THE PATIENT THAT FELT LIKE HE OVERDOSED AFTER HE ¿GOT A LOT OF PAIN¿. THE PATIENT WAS NOTED TO HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS A STALLING PROBLEM. THE MEDICATION USED WITHIN THE SYSTEM WAS UNKNOWN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
253093 UNKNOWN IMPLANTABLE PUMP PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_UNKNOWN_PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1