FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 3344566 · Received September 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-16098
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 12, 2013
Report Date
August 19, 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
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 3037, SERIAL # (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 3889-28, LOT # V192312, IMPLANTED:(B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT¿S IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) HAD DIED AND SHE WAS HAVING IT REPLACED. THE PATIENT KNEW THE INS HAD DIED BECAUSE IT DIDN¿T RESPOND TO TELEMETRY FROM THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER. THE PATIENT HAD BEEN INFORMED BY THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER THAT THE INS WOULD NEED REPLACING EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS AND IT HAD ONLY BEEN 4.5 YEARS. THE PATIENT DIDN¿T FEEL LIKE THE INS ¿WAS WORKING ALL THE TIME¿ UNTIL IT DIED. THEN, SHE KNEW IT HAD BEEN WORKING. TWO WEEKENDS PRIOR TO THE REPORT WAS ¿HORRIFIC¿ BECAUSE THE PATIENT¿S SYMPTOMS WERE ¿VERY DRAMATIC.¿ THE PATIENT HAD REPORTEDLY STARTED TO NOTICE A CHANGE IN THERAPY DUE TO THE DEPLETED INS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
457752 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention