FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRECISION®

MDR report key: 3182723 · Received June 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2013-01307
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 21, 2013
Report Date
May 29, 2013
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
030017
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT'S IPG WAS BECOMING HOT DURING CHARGING. THE PATIENT TURNED THE IPG OFF FOR A COUPLE WEEKS BUT STARTED TO FEEL OVERSTIMULATION WHICH CAUSED THE PATIENT TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT AFTER THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED SHE WAS EXPERIENCING INCREASED HEADACHES, PAIN AND DEPRESSION WHICH SHE HAD BEEN TAKING MEDICATION FOR. THE PATIENT MET WITH A PHYSICIAN AND AN X RAY WAS PERFORMED, WHICH SHOWED THE IPG HAD FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE PHYSICIAN SUGGESTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS THE IPG REPLACED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
282770 PRECISION® SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION NI NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention