FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IMPUSE IQ

MDR report key: 7237845 · Received February 1, 2018

Report

Report Number
MW5075027
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 1, 2018
Date of Event
February 26, 2014
Report Date
January 31, 2018
Manufacturer
NEUROMERCHANICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC
Product Code
LXM
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LIVING IN (B)(6), I WOULD EXPERIENCE MUSCLE ACHE FROM THE COLD AND THEREFORE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR DR (B)(6) FOR AN ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE MY PRIMARY CHIROPRACTOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE THAT DAY. HE USED AN INSTRUMENT ON ME CALLED AN IMPULSE IQ. AFTER GETTING HOME, I DID NOT FEEL WELL. I WENT TO SLEEP THINKING THAT I WAS SORE FROM THE ADJUSTMENT, BUT WOULD GO ON TO SUFFER EXTREME PAIN FOR 4 YRS. THIS ACHE DID NOT FEEL THE SAME AS THE MUSCLE ACHE THAT I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING FROM THE COLD. I HAD PAIN IN A SPOT ON MY SPINE WHICH RADIATED TO MY RIGHT SCAPULA. I FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD STABBED ME AND COULD FEEL BLOOD DRIPPING FROM MY INSIDE. I WOULD HAVE PAIN EVEN IN MY SLEEP. THIS LED ME TO WALKING IN AND OUT OF DR'S OFFICES FOR 4 YRS TO FIND A CURE FOR THE PAIN. I WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES AT THE MOST ACUTE MOMENTS OF THIS PAIN. I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT MY PAIN WAS FROM HAVING A PINCHED NERVE. I'M 100% CERTAIN AND WITHOUT A DOUBT BELIEVE THAT MY PINCHED NERVED WAS CAUSED THE DAY I WENT TO DR (B)(6)'S OFFICE. I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THIS INSTRUMENT. THE LAST TIME I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THIS PAIN WAS ON THE (B)(6) 2017. THE X-RAY REVEALED THAT I HAVE SCOLIOSIS. I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE MY VERTEBRAE ARE NOT STRAIGHT, IT MADE IT EASY FOR MY SPINE TO BECOME DESTABILIZED AND ALLOW MY NERVE TO BECOME TRAPPED IN BETWEEN MY VERTEBRAE. I'M AWAITING X-RAYS AND SCARS FROM HOSPITALIZATIONS PRIOR TO MY ENCOUNTERED WITH DR (B)(6) FOR COMPARISON WITH MY CURRENT ONES, BECAUSE I HAD NEVER BEEN TOLD THAT I HAD SCOLIOSIS BEFORE. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE AMOUNT OF PAIN AND TORTURE I WENT THROUGH THESE 4 YRS. I STARTED DEVELOPING PARALYSIS IN MY RIGHT ARM, EXPERIENCED TROUBLE BREATHING, AMONG MANY OTHER SYMPTOMS THAT DEVELOPED AFTER THIS INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
77870 IMPUSE IQ IMPUSE IQ LXM NEUROMERCHANICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| L| R| S