FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 3223682 · Received July 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-11674
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 12, 2013
Report Date
June 18, 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
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4): PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER; PATIENT PRODUCT ID 3093-33, LOT# VA033KC, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012: PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT STIMULATION WAS CAUSING PAIN BETWEEN THE PATIENT¿S ¿BUTT CRACK,¿ IN THE RECTUM, WHICH STARTED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE REPORT. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SHOCKING SENSATION NEAR THE RECTUM. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY TURNED STIMULATION OFF A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE REPORT TO GET RELIEF FROM THE PAIN. THE PATIENT ONLY FELT A DULL ACHE IN THAT AREA AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. THE PATIENT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY EVENT OR TRAUMA IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSING THE PAIN. FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THE PATIENT HAD BEEN FEELING A DULL ACHE ON HER LEFT SIDE IN THE AREA OF HER KIDNEY. THE PATIENT FELT LETHARGIC AND SICK AND HER URINE HAD A BAD ODOR TO IT. THE PATIENT THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE A BLADDER INFECTION AND REPORTEDLY HAD A HISTORY OF BLADDER INFECTIONS. THE PATIENT WAS HAVING A LOT OF DIFFICULTY SLEEPING AT NIGHT AND COULD NOT SLEEP ON THE LEFT SIDE BECAUSE OF THE PAIN. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. THE PATIENT¿S FREQUENCY SYMPTOMS HAD RETURNED AND HAD BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ¿IT JUST GUSHED OUT.¿ IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS UP AT NIGHT A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE REPORTER INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HER HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
323014 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1