FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROCLAIM

MDR report key: 6893997 · Received September 26, 2017

Report

Report Number
6893997
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 26, 2017
Date of Event
June 16, 2017
Report Date
September 19, 2017
Manufacturer
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
GZB
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A ST. JUDE ELITE PROCLAIM INTERNAL PULSE GENERATOR WAS IMPLANTED. AFTER PLACEMENT, THE PATIENT, WHO HAS FIBROMYALGIA, CONTINUED TO HAVE LOW BACK PAIN. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE CLINIC FOR POST-OPERATIVE FOLLOW UP A FEW WEEKS LATER. AFTER SIGNIFICANT INTERROGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING (ST. JUDE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE WAS PRESENT). DAYS AFTER THE FOLLOW UP VISIT, THE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED IN THE BNI-OR. THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE TOOK THE EXPLANTED SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
674516 PROCLAIM STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, IMPLANTED (PAIN RELIEF) GZB ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. 160854D2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1