FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 3203347 · Received July 2, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-11240
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 2, 2013
Report Date
June 7, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 3093-28, LOT# V152141, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2008, PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOMETIMES, WHEN THE PATIENT WENT THROUGH SECURITY GATES, HER DEVICE TURNED ON. THE PATIENT WAS CURRENTLY CATHETERIZING BECAUSE WHEN STIMULATION WAS ON, IT IRRITATED THE NERVES IN HER LEGS ¿AND STUFF¿. THIS REPORTEDLY STARTED AFTER THE PATIENT HAD BACK SURGERIES. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD HAD 5 BACK SURGERIES SINCE THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED. THE REPORTER INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE HELPED WITH THE PATIENT¿S BLADDER BUT CAUSED PAIN OR IRRITATED HER BACK AND LEGS. BECAUSE IT IRRITATED HER BACK AND LEGS, THE PATIENT HAD ALWAYS HAD TO MAKE ¿A LOT¿ OF ADJUSTMENTS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT TURNED STIMULATION ON, ¿EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE¿, BECAUSE IT HELPED WITH BLADDER PAIN. THE REPORTER STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN FEELING WELL, HER BACK AND BLADDER WERE BOTH "BOTHERING HER". IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
303028 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1