FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYNCHROMED II

MDR report key: 4103025 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2014-02643
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
July 3, 2014
Report Date
August 27, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 8709SC, SERIAL#: (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: CATHETER. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS SINCE HER REFILL ON (B)(6) 2014 WITH HER MANAGING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. THE PATIENT THOUGHT THE PHYSICIAN INCREASED ¿IT¿ AT THE PUMP REFILL ON (B)(6) AND THAT SHE FELT FUNNY WHEN SHE WAS IN THE OFFICE. SHE STATED SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HER AND SHE COULD NOT EVEN TALK. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING ¿SERIOUS¿ PAIN THAT WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THE PATIENT HAD SEEN HER MANAGING PHYSICIAN ABOUT HER SYMPTOMS WHEN SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL LAST WEEK. THE PHYSICIAN JUST PUT ¿THAT LITTLE THING UP TO MY PUMP¿ AND TOLD THE PATIENT TO KEEP ¿THE APPOINTMENT.¿ AN INQUIRY WAS MADE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT MENTIONED. THE PATIENT STATED THE MANAGING PHYSICIAN ¿INCREASED THE DOSE ON THE PUMP TO WHAT IT WAS, A HIGHER DOSE, AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO HIS OFFICE REALLY SICK HE DECREASED THE PUMP MEDICINE.¿ THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THE PATIENT SPOKE TO THE PHYSICIAN ABOUT ¿ANYTHING.¿ INQUIRY WAS MADE WHEN THE PHYSICIAN DECREASED THE PUMP AND THE PATIENT STATED SHE WAS SO CONFUSED AND STATED ¿I CAN¿T EVEN THINK. I¿M SICK.¿ THE PATIENT DID NOT KNOW THE CURRENT OR PREVIOUS DOSES OR CONCENTRATIONS. SHE STATED THAT THE PUMP HAD BEEN INCREASED BY 8% AND IT WAS DECREASED BY 4% BECAUSE THE PATIENT WAS FEELING SICK AND THE SYMPTOMS DID NOT GO AWAY. THIS DEVICE SYSTEM DELIVERED DILAUDID. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO VERIFY EVENT DETAILS, RESOLUTION, PATIENT STATUS AND OUTCOME. HOWEVER, NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
582567 SYNCHROMED II PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 8637-20

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00059 YR Hospitalization| R