FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 5140672 · Received October 9, 2015

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2015-20238
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 9, 2015
Report Date
September 11, 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
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 3889-28, LOT# V842736, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT SHE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN THE BACK/LEG AND AROUND THE IMPLANT AREA. THE PAIN OCCURRED IN (B)(6) 2015. THE TERRIBLE SHOOTING PAINS SEEMED TO COME FROM THE IMPLANT SITE. THE PAIN WAS SO BAD THAT SHE WANTED THE DEVICE REMOVED OR TURNED OFF. SHE HADN'T BEEN UNABLE TO TURN OFF THE DEVICE SINCE THEN. THE PATIENT HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TERRIBLE SHOOTING PAINS FOR A "WEEK OR TWO WEEKS". THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (HCP) PRESCRIBED A MEASURED DOSE OF MILD PREDNISONE AND MUSCLE RELAXERS. THE PATIENT STATED THAT SHE ONLY HAD ONE PROGRAM AVAILABLE AND NEEDED OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T FEEL STIMULATION AT 3.3. V. THE PATIENT TURNED OFF THE UNIT WHEN SHE RECEIVED A NEW CONTROLLER AND HAD NOT TURNED THE UNIT BACK ON SINCE THEN. THE HCP WAS ARRANGING AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANOTHER HCP THAT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE DEVICE. THE PATIENT'S CIRCUMSTANCES WERE NOT UNUSUAL EXCEPT FOR REGULAR HOUSECLEANING. THE INDICATIONS FOR USE WERE URINARY DYSFUNCTION/SACRAL NERVE STIM AND GASTROINTESTINAL/PELVIC FLOOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
671145 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00079 YR