FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM

MDR report key: 3213265 · Received July 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-11489
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 9, 2013
Date of Event
June 14, 2013
Report Date
June 14, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD JUST SEEN THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) WHO HAD TO REPROGRAM THE DEVICE BECAUSE THE DEVICE WAS TURNED OFF. IT WAS INDICATED THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE HCP HAD ADVISED PATIENT THAT PATIENT MIGHT HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE ISSUE SOUNDED LIKE A POWER ON RESET (POR). IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WAS A POWER SURGE AT THE PATIENT¿S HOME THAT HAD MADE A LARGE "POUF" SOUND AND HAD NO POWER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER THAT. IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT PATIENT HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TOLD PATIENT THAT THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) WAS 'DEPROGRAMMED' AND NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. IT WAS ADDED THAT PATIENT WAS WORRIED BECAUSE HCP MENTIONED COMPUTERS OR MICROWAVES INTERFERENCE. THE PATIENT'S STATUS WAS UNDETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
314242 INTERSTIM STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3023

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1