FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STRATA NSC LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT KIT

MDR report key: 7000811 · Received November 3, 2017

Report

Report Number
2021898-2017-00559
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 3, 2017
Date of Event
October 6, 2017
Report Date
December 27, 2017
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
UDI-DI
00643169010789
PMA / PMN Number
K091312
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE RETURNED VALVE WAS RECEIVED WITHIN THE PRODUCT TRAY. ALL PERFORMANCE LEVELS COULD BE SET WITH A SINGLE ATTEMPT, AND THE VALVE DID NOT SPONTANEOUSLY CHANGE LEVELS DURING THE COURSE OF ANALYSIS. THEREFORE THE CONDITIONS OF THIS COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED BY LABORATORY PERSONNEL. ALL VALVES ARE 100% TESTED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CHANGE PRESET PRESSURE BUT FAILED. A BACK-UP LUMBAR PERITONEAL VALVE WAS USED TO SET UP PRESSURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT WHEN THE MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE (REP) RECEIVED THE PRODUCT AND ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE SETTING, AND THEY COULD ADJUST IT. THE SETTING WAS AT PERFORMANCE LEVEL 2.5. THE REP THOUGHT PERSONALLY THAT THE DOCTOR TRIED TO ADJUST BY ROTATING CLOCKWISE, AND THE SETTING WAS COMING AND GOING BETWEEN PERFORMANCE LEVEL 2.0 AND 2.5 SO THEN THE DOCTOR MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE SETTING WAS UNAVAILABLE TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE THE INITIAL SETTING WAS USUALLY PERFORMANCE LEVEL 0.5. THE DOCTOR REPORTED THAT THE SETTING PRESSURE WAS UNAVAILABLE TO BE ADJUSTED AT FIRST, HOWEVER, THE REP CONFIRMED THE DETAILS. THEY HEARD THAT THE SETTING WOULD BE SET BETWEEN PERFORMANCE LEVEL 2.0 AND 2.5, AND THE DOCTOR UNDERSTOOD THE SETTING. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL WAS ABLE TO BE SET WITHIN THE BLUE RANGE EXCEPT 2.0. ONLY 2.0 WAS NOT ABLE TO BE SET WITHIN THE BLUE RANGE, BUT 2.0 WAS ABLE TO BE SET WITHIN THE WHITE RANGE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
778946 STRATA NSC LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT KIT SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY 44421 E27073 00643169010789

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1