FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LYRETTE

MDR report key: 3824473 · Received May 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
3022472-2014-00010
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 6, 2014
Date of Event
March 6, 2014
Report Date
March 14, 2014
Manufacturer
VERATHON MEDICAL
Product Code
NVJ
PMA / PMN Number
K042132
Removal / Correction Number
Z-1404-2010
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REQUESTED BUT EXACT WEIGHT WAS NOT PROVIDED. NOT APPLICABLE, NO FOLLOW UP TESTING PERFORMED. SERIAL NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, PROBES ARE DISCARDED AFTER USE. NOT AVAILABLE, REQUIRES SERIAL NUMBER. FDA RECALL Z-1404-2010, INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU) REVISION: BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY NOVASYS OF WORSENED STRESS INCONTINENCE SYMPTOMS 3-4 WEEKS AFTER TREATMENT, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WERE REVISED TO EMPHASIZE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS. A FIELD ACTION NOTIFICATION LETTER WAS SENT TO ALL CURRENT CUSTOMERS (PHYSICIANS) ALONG WITH THE REVISED INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AND PATIENT INFORMATION BROCHURES. THE COMPANY ALSO UPDATED PHYSICIAN INFORMATION BROCHURES AND PATIENT/PHYSICIAN DVDS TO INCLUDE THE INFORMATION. THIS WAS SHIPPED TO PHYSICIANS ON AUGUST/SEPTEMBER OF 2009. THE LETTER INCLUDED NOTICE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE HAD REINFORCED LANGUAGE THAT ONE OF THE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS OF THE RENESSA SYSTEM (LYRETTE) IS WORSENING INCONTINENCE FOLLOWING TREATMENT. IT ALSO STATED THAT WOMEN WITH A URETHRAL LENGTH SHORTER THAN 2.5CM SHOULD NOT BE TREATED WITH RENESSA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LYRETTE PROCEDURE FOR STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT HER INCONTINENCE HAD WORSENED. THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN STATED THAT A "INCONTINENCE" PESSARY WAS INSTALLED AND THE PATIENT HAS SEEN A REDUCTION IN SYMPTOMS. ON (B)(6) 2014, VERATHON'S CONSULTING PHYSICIAN CONTACTED THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PATIENT HAS A FOLLOW-UP VISIT IN 3 MONTHS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
270985 LYRETTE TRANS-URETHRAL RF SYSTEM NVJ VERATHON MEDICAL PR918

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Disability LOCAL ANESTHESIA| LYRETTE GENERATOR: MODEL #GN602