FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ACTIVA

MDR report key: 4976986 · Received August 6, 2015

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2015-15554
Event Type
Death
Date Received
August 6, 2015
Date of Event
June 11, 2015
Report Date
July 14, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO.
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 37602, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2015, PRODUCT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR. PRODUCT ID: 3389S-40, LOT# V230719, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 7482A40, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED:(B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3389S-40, LOT# V230719, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 7482A40, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2009, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 37642, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CONSUMER REPORTED VIA THE MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE (REP) THAT BEFORE REPLACEMENT THE PATIENT WAS ¿BUMPED OUT LATER THAN EXPECTED,¿ WHICH CAUSED HIM TO MISS HIS USUAL DOSE OF MEDICATION. HE WAS GIVEN SINEMET AND IT WAS USUALLY CRUSHED BECAUSE HE HAD TROUBLE SWALLOWING. HIS INDICATIONS FOR USE WERE PARKINSON¿S DUAL AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS. SINCE THE PATIENT¿S BILATERAL IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) REPLACEMENT HIS HEALTH HAD TAKEN A ¿TURN FOR THE WORSE¿ AND HE WAS TERMINAL. HIS STIMULATION SETTINGS HAD BEEN DROPPED BY 25% DUE TO THE CHANGE IN PRODUCT. THE REP TRIED TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO CHECK THE INSS, BUT THEN THE PATIENT DIED. THE PATIENT¿S DAUGHTER STATED HE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE PRIOR TO HIS DEATH. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS UNKNOWN, SO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SENT. REFER TO MANUFACTURING REPORT #(B)(4) AS THE PATIENT HAD TWO INSS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
519452 ACTIVA STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO. 37602

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00088 YR Death