FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RESTORE ULTRA

MDR report key: 3609138 · Received February 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2014-01623
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 5, 2014
Report Date
January 15, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 377845, LOT# V012124, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 377845, LOT# V012124, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3708160, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3708160, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2007, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 37744, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. PRODUCT ID: 37754, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: RECHARGER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS GETTING AN ELECTRICAL SENSATION DOWN HER ARM EVEN THOUGH THE SYSTEM WAS OFF. A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE CONFIRMED THE PATIENT¿S IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) WAS OFF AND SHE CHANGED THE AMPLITUDES TO 0 VOLTS AND THE PATIENT STILL HAD THE ELECTRICAL SENSATIONS WHICH WERE ALSO DESCRIBED AS A SHOCKING FEELING. THE PATIENT FELT THE ELECTRICAL SENSATIONS IN THE SAME PLACE SHE WOULD NORMALLY FEEL STIMULATION OF THE STIMULATOR WAS TURNED ONE. IT WAS NOTED THE INS WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR AND AT THAT TIME THE PATIENT WAS GETTING GOOD STIMULATION AND DID NOT HAVE THIS ELECTRICAL SENSATION. WHEN THE CLINICAL PROGRAMMER WAS HOOKED UP THERE WERE HIGH IMPEDANCES NOTED ON ELECTRODES 1-3. BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO REPROGRAM AROUND CONTACTS 1-3 AND GET GOOD STIMULATION THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE LEADS OR EXTENSIONS AT THE TIME. IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT HAD NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER YET. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED SIX DAYS LATER REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS PURSUING ANSWERS FROM FURTHER TESTING OF HER PAIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
73722 RESTORE ULTRA STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37712

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00054 YR