FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED EL

MDR report key: 3201743 · Received July 2, 2013

Report

Report Number
6000030-2013-00173
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 2, 2013
Report Date
June 12, 2013
Manufacturer
RICE CREEK MFG
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 8711, LOT# J11190R12, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2002. PRODUCT TYPE: CATHETER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED WITHDRAWAL/WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS DUE TO A CATHETER BREAK THAT REPORTEDLY OCCURRED ¿THE LAST TWO TIMES THE PUMP HAS BEEN IMPLANTED¿. DUE TO THE EVENT, THE PATIENT WASN¿T RECEIVING MEDICATION FROM THE PUMP. THE FIRST CATHETER BREAK REPORTEDLY OCCURRED ¿SOMETIME¿ IN 2002. THE SECOND TIME THE CATHETER BROKE, IT WAS ¿ANTICIPATED¿ WHEN THE PATIENT WENT IN FOR A PUMP REPLACEMENT IN AUGUST OF 2008. IT WAS NOTED, ¿WHEN THEY WENT IN LAST TIME THEY ANTICIPATED THE CATHETER BROKE AGAIN BECAUSE I¿M PROBABLY A LOT MORE ACTIVE THAN MOST PEOPLE WITH THESE PUMPS¿. THE DEVICE SYSTEM WAS USED TO DELIVER BACLOFEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
301725 SYNCHROMED EL PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK RICE CREEK MFG 8627L18

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention