FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 4764827 · Received May 12, 2015

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2015-08904
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 12, 2015
Report Date
April 22, 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
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. PRODUCT ID: 3889-28, LOT# V223177, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT COULD NOT MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITH HIS PATIENT PROGRAMMER. THERE WAS POOR COMMUNICATION. THE PATIENT CHANGED THE BATTERIES, TRIED WITH AND WITHOUT THE ANTENNA, AND THE PATIENT PROGRAMMER HAD NOT BEEN DROPPED OR WET. THERE WERE NEW ALKALINE BATTERIES INSIDE OF IT. SINCE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF PRIOR TO THE REPORT, THE PATIENT STARTED GOING TO THE BATHROOM MORE AND HAD NOT BEEN EMPTYING. AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE PATIENT FELL DOWN THE STEPS ON HIS TAILBONE. THE PATIENT HAD PROSTATE SURGERY PRIOR TO GETTING HIS IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS). THE PATIENT RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT PATIENT PROGRAMMER AND ALSO HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. THE PATIENT WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL (HCP) BECAUSE IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT HIS INS BATTERY WAS DEPLETED. THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED WITH THE HCP. NO OUTCOME OR INTERVENTION WAS 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
309781 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00072 YR