FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IMPLANTABLE INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 6670099 · Received June 27, 2017

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2017-02552
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 27, 2017
Date of Event
March 1, 2014
Report Date
June 27, 2017
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO MATCH THIS EVENT WITH ANY PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WELPE P. [SPINAL CATHETER-ASSOCIATED CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAK]. SCHMERZ (BERLIN, GERMANY). 2016. DOI: 10.1007/S00482-016-0117-6 SUMMARY: IN OUR OUTPATIENT PAIN CLINIC AT THE CANTONAL HOSPITAL OF MÜNSTERLINGEN IN SWITZERLAND, WE ARE TREATING A (B)(6) PATIENT WHO, DESPITE UNDERGOING SEVERAL PROCEDURES ON THE LUMBAR SPINE, SUFFERS FROM PERSISTENT BACK AND LEG PAIN AS PART OF FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME. SEVEN YEARS AGO, SHE WAS THEREFORE GIVEN AN INTRATHECAL PAIN PUMP AT AN EXTERNAL HOSPITAL. REPORTED EVENTS: AS THERE WERE CONSIDERABLE DISCREPANCIES REGARDING THE CALCULATED AND EFFECTIVE RESIDUAL VOLUME OF THE PUMP FILLING LEVEL, THE GAS PRESSURE PUMP WAS REPLACED IN SPRING 2014 DUE TO INCREASING MALFUNCTION. SEE ATTACHED LITERATURE ARTICLE

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
451741 IMPLANTABLE INFUSION PUMP PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION NEU_UNKNOWN_PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention