FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED II

MDR report key: 3803052 · Received May 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2014-08821
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 9, 2014
Date of Event
November 14, 2013
Report Date
April 16, 2014
Manufacturer
MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 8780, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2013, PRODUCT TYPE: CATHETER. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT SINCE THE PUMP WAS IMPLANTED THE PATIENT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH HIP PAIN, NO FEELING IN HIS FEET, AND LOST THE USE OF HIS LEFT LEG. THE PATIENT HAD A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) IN (B)(6) OF 2013 AND THE MRI REPORTEDLY ¿BURNED THE PUMP UP.¿ THE PUMP WAS NOT WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE MRI AS THERE WAS NO DRUG IN THE PUMP BECAUSE IT HAD RUN OUT. THE PUMP WENT EMPTY BECAUSE THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE A PHYSICIAN TO FILL THE PUMP. THE PATIENT WANTED THE PUMP EXPLANTED AND A NEW PUMP IMPLANTED AS HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN AND WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW PHYSICIAN. THIS DEVICE SYSTEM DELIVERED DILAUDID WHEN IT WAS IMPLANTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
281581 SYNCHROMED II PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MDT PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO 8637-20

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00056 YR