FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNKNOWN IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR

MDR report key: 3240474 · Received July 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2013-02421
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 22, 2013
Report Date
June 25, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
EI
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 37754, SERIAL# (B)(4, PRODUCT TYPE: RECHARGER; PRODUCT ID 37754, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: RECHARGER. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANALYSIS OF RECHARGER MODEL 37754 SERIAL # (B)(4) SHOWED A DEFECTIVE TELEMETRY COIL. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RECHARGER AND THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS). (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS BAD COUPLING AND NON-CHARGING OF THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS). WHEN THE INS WAS INTERROGATED, THE INS SETTING NEEDED TO BE RESET AS THE SETTING HAD BEEN "WIPED." THE REASON FOR THIS WAS UNKNOWN. THE PATIENT WAS REPROGRAMMED TO ORIGINAL SETTINGS AND A LOANER CHARGER WAS USED. THERE WERE NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS OR INJURIES RELATED TO THIS EVENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS REPORTED

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
341306 UNKNOWN IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_INS_STIMULATOR

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1