FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 5661476 · Received May 17, 2016

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2016-09691
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 17, 2016
Report Date
May 17, 2016
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
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 3889-28, LOT# V872659, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2012, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE: PROGRAMMER, PATIENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT NEVER HAD THERAPEUTIC EFFECT AND HAD A CHANGE IN STIMULATION WITH POSITION. THE PATIENT TRIED SEVERAL PROGRAMS WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PATIENT WOULD LEAVE IT ON FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS AND THEN FOUND THAT IT DIDN'T WORK AND CHANGED THE PROGRAM. THE PATIENT WOULD HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON (B)(6) 2012. THE CONSUMER FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A LOSS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT AND A LOSS OF BLADDER CONTROL. THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS OCCURRED MOSTLY AT NIGHT AND OCCURRED EVERY 4TH DAY OR SO. THE PATIENT USUALLY HAD ABOUT AN 80% SUCCESS RATE WITH THE THERAPY. THE PATIENT SEEM TO HAVE ISSUES EVERY SO OFTEN AT NIGHT AND HAD NOT MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE LEVEL OF STIMULATION RECENTLY. THE PATIENT THOUGHT THEY HAD TRIED MOST OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND SO FAR PROGRAM 2 SEEMED TO BE THE BEST. THE PATIENT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THEY HAD TRIED PROGRAM 4 YET OR NOT. THE CONSUMER LATER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OR CHANGE OF THERAPY. THE IMPLANT DID NOT WORK FOR THE PATIENT, SO THEY HAD HAD THEIR DEVICE TURNED OFF FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS SINCE 2014. WHEN THE IMPLANT WAS ON, IT ANNOYED THE PATIENT MORE THAN IT HELPED. THE IMPLANT DID INITIALLY HELP WITH THEIR BLADDER SYMPTOMS AND THEN STOPPED WORKING. THE PATIENT WANTED TO HAVE THE DEVICE REMOVED. THE INDICATION FOR USE FOR THIS PATIENT WAS URINARY DYSFUNCTION/SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
316338 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1