FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRECISION®

MDR report key: 4183325 · Received October 18, 2014

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2014-02354
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 18, 2014
Date of Event
September 10, 2014
Report Date
September 23, 2014
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
030017
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT: MODEL #: SC-2218-50E, SERIAL/LOT #: (B)(4), DESCRIPTION: TRIAL LINEAR ST LEAD, 50CM. THE EXPLANTED DEVICES WERE NOT RETURNED TO BSN AS THEY WERE DISCARDED BY THE MEDICAL FACILITY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN INFECTION DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD. THE TRIAL PATIENT HAD AN EPIDURAL ABSCESS, FEVER AND BACK PAIN. THE PATIENT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE LEADS WERE PULLED. A LOT OF PUS CAME OUT. INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVED THAT THE INFECTION WAS PROCEDURE RELATED AND NOT DEVICE RELATED. THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL BUT HAD A PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER (PICC) LINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
663747 PRECISION® SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION SC-2218-50E NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Hospitalization| R