FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RESTORE SENSOR

MDR report key: 3883718 · Received June 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2014-11799
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 19, 2014
Date of Event
June 2, 2014
Report Date
June 2, 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
NV, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 37744, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 39565-65, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN OVERSTIMULATION SENSATION WAS REPORTED. THE PATIENT WAS USING HIS PP YESTERDAY TO ADJUST STIMULATION AND INCREASED, IT CONTINUED TO GO UP AND THEN IT WAS SO HIGH THAT HE FELT LIKE HIS LEGS WERE GOING TO COME OFF OF HIS BODY. WHEN THE PATIENT TRIED TO DECREASE OR TURN THE STIMULATION OFF USING THE PP, THE PP WOULD NOT RESPOND AND THEN THE SCREEN STARTED TO BLINK. THE PATIENT CHANGED THE BATTERIES BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED THE OVERSTIMULATION FOR ABOUT 35 MINUTES WHEN HE REMEMBERED THAT HE COULD USE THE RECHARGER TO TURN THE STIMULATION OFF, WHICH IT DID. THE PP WOULD NOT POWER UP. ENERGIZER ADVANCED LITHIUM BATTERIES WERE BEING USED. THE PATIENT REMOVED THE BATTERIES TO CHECK FOR CORROSION, BUT THERE WAS NO CORROSION AND IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE BATTERIES WERE PLACED CORRECTLY. DIFFERENT BATTERIES, (B)(6), WERE TRIED BUT THE PP STILL DID NOT POWER UP. DUE TO THE INCIDENT FROM YESTERDAY THE PATIENT WAS UNABLE TO USE STIMULATION LAST NIGHT AND AS A RESULT DID NOT SLEEP. IT WAS ADDITIONALLY REPORTED THAT THE PP DID NOT GET WET. ANOMALY APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH PRODUCT USE. NO INDICATION OF PATIENT HARM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
360098 RESTORE SENSOR STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37714

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1