FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 3201877 · Received July 2, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-11188
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 2, 2013
Report Date
June 14, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MRU
PMA / PMN Number
H020007
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 37602, SERIAL # (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; PRODUCT ID 37642, SERIAL # (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 3387040, LOT # V008951, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 748251, SERIAL # (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 3387-40, LOT # J0230952V, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2003, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 748251, SERIAL # (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2005, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 37602, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR. PRODUCT ID: 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. PRODUCT ID: 3387040, LOT# V008951, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 748251, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3387-40, LOT# J0230952V, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2003, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 748251, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2005, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 7426, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2010, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE" IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR. PRODUCT ID: 7426, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2010, EXPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR. ANALYSIS OF IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT ANOMALY. THE BATTERY WAS NORMAL END OF LIFE AND THERE WAS NO TELEMETRY/OUTPUT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6), THE RIGHT SIDE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) WAS SHOWING END OF SERVICE (EOS) LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER IMPLANT. IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT HAD HER DEVICES INTERROGATED AND ADJUSTED BY A NEUROLOGIST IN (B)(6) 2013 AND THE BATTERIES WERE STILL SHOWING ¿GOOD¿ AT THAT TIME. THE BATTERIES WERE CHECKED A COUPLE TIMES BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THE TIME OF REPORT AND EVERYTHING WAS ¿COMING OUT FINE.¿ THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A RETURN OF SYMPTOMS WITH INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENTS AND ¿THINGS TO THAT NATURE¿ WHICH BEGAN SLOWLY A MONTH TO A MONTH AND A HALF PRIOR TO REPORT. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT¿S HUSBAND WASN¿T SURE IF IT WAS MAYBE HER MEDICATIONS AND IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT WAS NEARING THE END OF HER BOTOX TREATMENTS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DEPLETED RIGHT SIDE INS WAS THE SAME SIDE THAT WAS DEPLETED AT THE TIME OF REPLACEMENT IN 2012. AT THAT TIME THE LEADS WERE TESTED AND THEY DID FIND AN OPEN CIRCUIT. WHEN TESTING THE LEADS ¿SEVEN DIFFERENT AND EACH ONE THEY FOUND ONE THAT WAS OPEN.¿ IT WAS NOTED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY CALCIFIED TO THE POINT WHERE IT CREATED SUCH A HIGH RESISTANCE IN THE PATIENT¿S BRAIN. THE LEAD WAS NOT REPLACED AT THAT TIME AND THE INFORMATION SUGGESTED THE OPEN CIRCUIT WAS PROGRAMMED AROUND USING OTHER ELECTRODES. IT WAS NOTED THAT NO SHORT CIRCUITS HAD BEEN OBSERVED. THE PATIENT HAD AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF (B)(6) FOR A BATTERY REPLACEMENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS GOING TO HAVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY FOR THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR¿S (INS¿S) DUE TO DEPLETION FASTER THAN EXPECTED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS COULD BE DUE TO HIGH PARAMETERS AND SETTINGS. THE TWO DEVICES HAD BEEN IMPLANTED TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO (B)(6) 2013 AND THE PATIENT HAD ALREADY RUN THEM DOWN. THE MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE WAS MEETING WITH THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL (HCP) TOMORROW, (B)(6) 2013 FOR THE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TWO PRIMARY CELL BATTERIES WERE REPLACED WITH ONE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
302654 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MRU MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37602

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00058 YR Required Intervention