FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 3202813 · Received July 2, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-11230
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 2, 2013
Report Date
June 24, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT PRODUCT ID 3889-28, LOT# VA098A6, IMPLANTED: 2013-(B)(6), PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE INCISION TO THE PATIENT¿S POCKET SITE GOT INFECTED. THE PATIENT HAD A STAPLE AT THE ¿LITTLE CUT¿ AND 1 STITCH ON THE BOTTOM OF THE INCISION THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OUT. THIS WAS REPORTEDLY DONE. HOWEVER THE PATIENT¿S HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) NEVER ¿LOOKED AT IT¿. WHEN THE TAPE CAME OFF, THE PATIENT SAW SOME DRAINAGE THAT WAS ¿YELLOW, GREEN AND GOOPY¿. THE PATIENT COULD TELL ¿IT WAS OPEN¿. THE NURSE REPORTEDLY ¿CLEANED IT UP¿ AND ¿COVERED IT¿. THE HCP LOOKED AT IT AFTERWARDS AND THE PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC TO TAKE FOR THE INFECTION SINCE SHE WAS GETTING SORE. THE REPORTER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS STILL SEEPAGE, BUT IT WAS BETTER. IT STILL LOOKED ¿GROSS¿ COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STITCHING. IT WAS STILL DRAININGAT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE CONCERNS WITH DEVICE OR THERAPY. THE PATIENT RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM A MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE OR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND HER CONCERNS WERE RESOLVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
302466 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention