FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 3926492 · Received July 10, 2014

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2014-12799
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 10, 2014
Report Date
June 19, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 37602, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; PRODUCT ID 7482A51, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 3389S-40, LOT# V119981, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD; PRODUCT ID 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 7482A51, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 3389S-40, LOT# V149877, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009; PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE CONCERNS WITH HIS DEVICE OR THERAPY. THE PATIENT MET WITH HIS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (HCP) AND HIS CONCERNS WERE RESOLVED ON (B)(6) 2014.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI) MESSAGE WAS SEEN ON THE RIGHT IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS). THE PATIENT ASKED IF THIS LONGEVITY WAS NORMAL AS HIS FIRST INS¿S LASTED 3.5 YEARS AND THIS LASTED ONLY 2. THE PATIENT INDICATED THAT THE ¿VOLTAGE ON HIS RIGHT INS WAS AT 2.82 BACK IN (B)(6). IT WAS NOW 2.58 AND WHEN IT REACHED 2.6 IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PATIENT WAS FRUSTRATED WHY HE WAS GOING THROUGH THESE BATTERIES SO QUICKLY.¿ THE PATIENT NOTED THAT HE WAS VERY ACTIVE AND THE DOCTOR MADE ¿SMALL TWEAKS, BUT NOTHING MAJOR.¿ THE INS WAS ON ¿24/7.¿ THE PATIENT MENTIONED THAT HIS DOCTOR WAS ALSO SURPRISED BY THE SHORT BATTERY LIFE. THE PATIENT REMEMBERED THAT THE MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE TOLD HIM AT THE REPLACEMENT SURGERY THAT ¿THESE WERE THE NEWEST AND GREATEST AND THEY SHOULD LAST LONGER AND THEY WERE BETTER BATTERIES THAN THE OLDER ONES.¿ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED, BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
404196 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37602

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1