FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 4123598 · Received September 26, 2014

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2014-17847
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 26, 2014
Date of Event
September 4, 2014
Report Date
September 5, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 37603, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; PRODUCT ID 3387S-40, LOT# V553429, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD; PRODUCT ID 37085-60, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 37085-95, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION; PRODUCT ID 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 3387S-40, LOT# V657037, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD; PRODUCT ID 37603, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2011, PRODUCT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT THE DAY PRIOR TO REPORT. THE SYMPTOMS WERE REPORTED AS SUDDEN. THEY WERE WRITING CHECKS AND SUDDENLY THEY COULD NOT READ HIS WRITING. THE PATIENT TRIED TO USE THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER BUT THEY SAW ¿WEIRD SCREENS.¿ SINCE THEN HE HAD CHANGED THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER BATTERIES AND NO LONGER RECEIVED ERRATIC MESSAGES. THEY HAD SIDE EFFECTS. ONE OF HIS IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS (INS) SHOWED ¿ON/OK¿ AND THE OTHER ONLY SHOWED SYMBOLS. THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CHANGE THE SETTINGS TO SHOW WORDS. NO INTERVENTIONS OR OUTCOME WERE REPORTED REGARDING THIS EVENT. FURTHER FOLLOW-UP IS BEING CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
600051 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 37603

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00074 YR