FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTELLIS

MDR report key: 7703362 · Received July 19, 2018

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2018-16188
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 19, 2018
Date of Event
July 12, 2018
Report Date
October 3, 2018
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO.
Product Code
LGW
UDI-DI
00643169781702
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 3986A, LOT# N200155, SERIAL# UNKNOWN, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2010, PRODUCT TYPE: LEAD. PRODUCT ID: 3708360, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2010, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. OTHER RELEVANT DEVICE(S) ARE: PRODUCT ID: 3986A, SERIAL/LOT #: UNKNOWN/N200155, (B)(6), (B)(4); PRODUCT ID: 3708360, SERIAL/LOT #: (B)(4), (B)(6), (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A PATIENT WHO WAS IMPLANTED WITH A NEUROSTIMULATOR FOR COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I. THE PATIENT WAS HAVING THEIR IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR REPLACED DUE TO NORMAL BATTERY DEPLETION AND THE DEVICE REACHING THE ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR. PRIOR TO EXPLANT, AN IMPEDANCE TEST FOUND THAT ALL ELECTRODES WERE WITHIN NORMAL RANGE WITH ELECTRODE 0 BEING THE REFERENCE AND ELECTRODES 1, 2, AND 3 WERE BETWEEN 311 OHMS AND 334 OHMS. DURING THE PROCEDURE, 4 ELECTRODES WERE ¿OUT¿ DURING THE CONNECTIVITY CHECK. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CONTACTS 0 ¿ 3 SHOWED GREATER THAN 40,000 OHMS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE INS WAS SWITCHED OUT. IT WAS NOTED THAT AFTER TRYING THE SECOND INS AND THE WIRELESS EXTERNAL NEUROSTIMULATOR (WENS), THE IMPEDANCES HAD COME BACK DOWN TO NORMAL ON SOME CONTACTS. AFTER TRYING THE SECOND IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR AND WIRELESS EXTERNAL NEUROSTIMULATOR, THE IMPEDANCES HAD COME DOWN ON SOME CONTACTS AND WERE 1025 OHMS. CONTACT 12 WAS 40,000 OHMS AND CONTACT 13 WAS 220 OHMS. THE INS WAS IMPLANTED WITH THE SECOND INS CONNECTED UP. THE CAUSE OF THE HIGH IMPEDANCES WAS UNKNOWN, AND THE HIGH IMPEDANCES HAD NOT RESOLVED AS OF (B)(6) 2018. A REVISION SURGERY FOR THE LEADS IS PLANNED, BUT NOT YET SCHEDULED. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED OR ANTICIPATED. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT # 3004209178-2018-15858. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT # 3004209178-2018-15858.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
545317 INTELLIS STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO. 97715 00643169781702

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Required Intervention