FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 4557822 · Received March 2, 2015

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2015-03890
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 2, 2015
Report Date
February 12, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CORRECTION: CHECKMARK PREVIOUSLY MISSING; MADE CORRECTION IN THIS REPORT. INCORRECTLY UPDATED IN FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT; SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT BLANK. MADE CORRECTION (FROM INITIAL REPORT) IN THIS REPORT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 3889-28, LOT# V802404, IMPLANTED: 2012-(B)(6), PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. DRINKING HALF A GLASS OF WATER WAS MAKING THEM GO TO THE BATHROOM THREE TIMES IN A ROW. THE PATIENT WAS URINATING SO MUCH THEY WENT TO THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. THEIR PROGRAMMER BATTERIES WERE DEAD. THEIR IMPLANT WAS AT TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT LIFE. WHILE ON THE CALL, THE PATIENT CONFIRMED THAT THE STIMULATOR WAS NOT ON. THE PATIENT WAS ABLE TO TURN STIMULATION ON AND INCREASE TO A COMFORTABLE LEVEL. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE PATIENT WAS STILL EXPERIENCING FREQUENCY. THEY HAD ONLY HAD CONTROL FOR AN HOUR AFTER THE PREVIOUS CALL. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT STILL HAD CONCERNS WITH THEIR DEVICE OR THERAPY. THE STIMULATOR KEPT TURNING OFF. 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE PATIENT'S IMPLANT WAS REPROGRAMMED TO "SECOND SET OF OPTIONS" AND THE PATIENT RELEARNED HOW TO USE THE PROGRAMMER. AN IMPEDANCE TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT NO ISSUES WERE ALLEGED. THE LOSS OF EFFECT WAS NOTED TO BE GRADUAL WITH NO LOSS OF STIMULATION, AND THE PATIENT RECOVERED WITHOUT PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
141704 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00074 YR