FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 3484174 · Received November 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-21316
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 22, 2013
Report Date
November 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
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ID 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4); PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT PRODUCT ID 3 889-28, LOT# V840299, IMPLANTED: 2011 (B)(6); PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL REVIEW INDICATED THE PATIENT WAS REFERRING TO THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER BATTERIES AND NOT THE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR BATTERY WHEN IT WAS STATED THE "BATTERY WAS LOW AGAIN."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED AFTER THE PATIENT HAD THEIR BATTERY REPLACED IT WAS STILL NOT WORKING LIKE IT SHOULD BE. IT WAS STATED THE PROGRAMMER WAS CONNECTED TO IT THE DAY PRIOR TO REPORT AND IT SAID THE BATTERY WAS LOW AGAIN. IT WAS NOTED THEY DID NOT THINK THE NEW BATTERY WAS DOING ANY BETTER THAN THEIR OLD BATTERY. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT HAD SEEN THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD THE PROGRAMMING CHANGED. IT WAS NOTED, THEY MEANT THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WOULD INCREASE THE STIMULATION UNTIL THEY COULD FEEL IT AND THEN TURNED IT DOWN 0.1 TO 0.2 VOLTS. IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT ONLY FELT STIMULATION WHEN THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ADJUSTS IT. THE PATIENT INCREASED ON PROGRAM 4 FROM 2.1 VOLTS TO 2.3 VOLTS AND THEY WERE FEELING IT IN THE VAGINA AREA. IT WAS STATED, THE PATIENT FELT STIMULATION THE DAY PRIOR TO REPORT WHEN THEY INCREASED FROM 1.8 VOLTS TO 2.1 VOLTS BUT THEN THE NIGHT PRIOR TO REPORT THEY DIDN¿T FEEL STIMULATION. IT WAS STATED, "ACTUALLY THE WETTEST SHE'S EVER BEEN WHEN SHE GOT UP THIS MORNING." THE PATIENT¿S PROGRAM WAS SWITCHED TO PROGRAM 1 AND INCREASED FROM 2.3 VOLTS TO 2.8 VOLTS AND THEY WERE FEELING STIMULATION BUT IT WAS NOT TOO STRONG.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
610831 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00076 YR