FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNKNOWN PUMP

MDR report key: 3833779 · Received May 27, 2014

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2014-01442
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 27, 2014
Report Date
April 30, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCT: PRODUCT ID NEU_UNKNOWN_CATH, SERIAL# UNKNOWN, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE CATHETER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT, AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE PATIENT WAS LOOKING FOR A SURGEON TO HAVE HIS TWO PUMPS EXPLANTED. THE PATIENT DID NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A PUMP HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT WANTED TO HAVE THEIR PUMP REMOVED. IT WAS STATED THAT AT TIMES IT WORKED WELL, BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO GET INCREASED IN MEDICATION. IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT HAS HAD SALINE IN THE PUMP SINCE (B)(6) 2013. IT WAS STATED THEY WERE TAKING ORAL NARCOTICS THAT WERE WORKING WELL FOR THEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REPORTED THEY WERE NEARING END OF LIFE DUE TO NORMAL BATTERY DEPLETION. IT WAS STATED THE PATIENT DIDN¿T WANT THE PUMP BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MOVE OFF PUMPS. IT WAS STATED THAT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS THE PATIENT HAD MORE ISSUES THAN THEY WOULD LIKE. IT WAS STATED SOME WAS THE SURGEON¿S FAULT, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY MORE INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED ABOUT THE ISSUES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
310138 UNKNOWN PUMP PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_UNKNOWN_PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00054 YR