FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION

MDR report key: 963702 · Received December 12, 2007

Report

Report Number
2182207-2007-04359
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 12, 2007
Report Date
October 17, 2007
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA, THE REPORTABLE EVENTS ARE BEING SUBMITTED BY COMPLICATION TYPE. THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EACH PATIENT, THE DEVICES USED AND THE COMPLICATIONS EXPERIENCED WAS NOT PROVIDED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EACH PATIENT MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE THAN ONE COMPLICATION. NO MEDWATCH FORM WAS RECEIVED FROM THE USER FACILITY; THEREFORE, INFORMATION ON THE MEDWATCH FORM 3500A WAS COMPLETED BY MEDTRONIC WITH INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE. SEE SCANNED PAGES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

JOURNAL REFERENCE: VERGANI, ET AL. "ANATOMICAL IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIVE CONTACTS IN SUBTHALAMIC DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION." SURGICAL NEUROLOGY, 2007, 67:140-147. THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE RESULTS FROM A STUDY THAT INVOLVED PATIENTS BEING TREATED WITH BILATERAL DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) FOR MANAGEMENT OF SYMPTOMS RELATED TO IDIOPATHIC PARKINSONS DISEASE. THE STUDY OBJECTIVE WAS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM OF ACTION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DBS ELECTRODE POSITION AND ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES OF THE SUBTHALAMIC REGION. PATIENT FOLLOW-UP WAS PERFORMED EVERY 6, 12, 24 AND 36 MONTHS POST DBS SYSTEM PLACEMENT. A NUMBER OF PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AND/OR SIDE EFFECTS WERE NOTED DURING THE STUDY. REPORTABLE EVENT(S): SEVEN PATIENTS (LEAD MODEL 3389 N=7) SHOWED MILD HYPOPHONIA. TREATMENT AND OUTCOME INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION MHY MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 3389 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK YR Other LEAD EXTENSIONS (N=2)| KINETRA MODEL 7428 (N=1)| LEAD MODEL 3389 (N=1)