FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERSTIM II

MDR report key: 8725410 · Received June 21, 2019

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2019-12149
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 21, 2019
Date of Event
January 30, 2013
Report Date
June 21, 2019
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
EZW
PMA / PMN Number
P970004
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID 3037, SERIAL# (B)(4), PRODUCT TYPE PROGRAMMER, PATIENT; PRODUCT ID 3 889-28, LOT# VA03QZ1, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2013, PRODUCT TYPE LEAD. DUE TO IMDRF HARMONIZATION, SOME PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED DEVICE, METHOD, RESULT, AND CONCLUSION CODES RELATED TO THIS EVENT MAY HAVE BEEN UPDATED. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD NEVER HAD THERAPEUTIC EFFECT. THE PATIENT THOUGHT THEIR SYMPTOMS HAD INCREASED BY FIFTY PERCENT SINCE IMPLANT. THEY SOAKED THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE PADS IN TEN HOURS. REPROGRAMMING HAD BEEN PERFORMED. THERAPY WAS UNCOMFORTABLE. THERAPY FELT LIKE A NERVE SHOOTING UP THEIR VAGINA. THE PATIENT FELT A PAINFUL, PULLING SENSATION WHEN THEY BEND AT THE WAIST. THE PATIENT DID NOT FEEL STIMULATION AT 3.0 V. INCREASING TO 3.1 V RESULTED IN STIMULATION SENSATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED ON 2019-MAY-28 FROM THE CONSUMER REGARDING A PATIENT WITH AN IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR (INS) FOR URINARY DYSFUNCTION/SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION AND GASTROINTESTINAL/PELVIC FLOOR. THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THEY USED TO HAVE AN INTERSTIM II DEVICE BUT NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN EXPLANTED BECAUSE IT NEVER REALLY WORKED FOR THEM AND IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
518164 INTERSTIM II STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTABLE, FOR INCONTINENCE EZW MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO 3058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention