FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN_INFUSION_PUMP

MDR report key: 5808763 · Received July 20, 2016

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2016-02691
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 20, 2016
Report Date
July 20, 2016
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 2016-06-28, INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM AN ATTORNEY REGARDING A PATIENT WHO WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INJURED DUE TO THE DEVICE SYSTEM'S FAILURE TO DELIVER MEDICATIONS AS PRESCRIBED, WHICH REQUIRED REMOVAL OF THE DEFECTIVE DEVICE; THE NATURE OF THE PERSONAL INJURIES WAS NOT SPECIFIED. INDICATIONS FOR PUMP USE, MEDICAL HISTORY, AND CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS WERE NOT REPORTED. THE UNSPECIFIED INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED "WITHIN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS"; AS OF THE LETTER DATED 2016-06-21, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE MANUFACTURER ON 2016-06-28. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WRONGFUL DEATH RESULTED IN "SOME INSTANCES," BUT IT WAS NOT SPECIFIED IF THE PATIENT IN THIS EVENT ACTUALLY DIED. THE REPORTEDLY DEFECTIVE DEVICE SYSTEM CAUSED THE PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC INJURIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INJURIES AND MEDICAL BILLS RELATED TO THE FAILURE OF THE DEVICE,AND INJURIES AND MEDICAL BILLS CAUSED BY THE SURGERY OR SURGERIES TO REMOVE THE DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
463347 UNKNOWN_INFUSION_PUMP PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_UNKNOWN_PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention