FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 3936108 · Received July 15, 2014

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2014-13042
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 15, 2014
Report Date
June 24, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. PRODUCT ID: 3708660, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3708660, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3389S-40, LOT# VA023L5, IMPLANTED:(B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3389S-40, LOT# VA08KLM, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2013, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A STIMULATION/THERAPY ISSUE, PATIENT WAS COMPLAINING OF SUDDEN SPEECH SLURRING. THE ACTION REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT WAS REPROGRAMMING AND HOSPITALIZATION. NO DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED BUT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED OR IF THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE WAS DETERMINED. PATIENT HAD A SUDDEN INCREASE IN SLURRING OF THEIR SPEECH AND HAD GONE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL TESTS HAD COME BACK NEGATIVE. PATIENT¿S HUSBAND WANTED TO LOWER STIMULATION AND LOWERED BOTH SIDES BY ABOUT 1 VOLT, THE PATIENT HAD TOLERATED THIS WELL. TWO HOURS AFTER THE CHANGE THE PATIENT WAS DOING FINE AND HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. A FOLLOW-UP VISIT WAS BEING SCHEDULED TO CHECK IMPEDANCES AND REPROGRAM IF NECESSARY. THE PATIENT WAS ALIVE WITH NO INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
413744 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37601

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00079 YR Hospitalization