FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR

MDR report key: 9834859 · Received March 16, 2020

Report

Report Number
6000030-2020-00144
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 16, 2020
Report Date
March 16, 2020
Manufacturer
RICE CREEK MFG
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

HAMED M, BA F, SUCHOWERSKY O, SANKAR T. DEPLETING IMPLANTED PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) BATTERY VOLTAGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSENING CLINICAL SYMPTOMS IN MOVEMENT DISORDER PATIENTS RECEIVING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS). CLINICAL PARKINSONISM <(>&<)> RELATED DISORDERS. 2019;1:98-99. 10.1016/J.PRDOA.2019.11.001. SUMMARY: DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) RESULTS IN SUPERIOR MOTOR SYMPTOM CONTROL COMPARED TO MEDICAL TREATMENT ALONE IN PROPERLY SELECTED PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL TREMOR (ET), DYSTONIA (DYT), AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) [1]. OVER TIME, THE BATTERY LIFE OF A DBS SYSTEM'S IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) BECOMES DRAINED, NECESSITATING REPLACEMENT [2]. WORSENING OF MOTOR SYMPTOMS ACCOMPANYING DEPLETED IPG BATTERY LIFE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH EARLIER MEDTRONIC KINETRA AND SOLETRA MODELS OF IPGS [2,3]. HOWEVER, CURRENT GENERATION ACTIVA SC AND PC MODELS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNED WITH ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATORS (ERI) TO WARN PATIENTS OF IMPENDING IPG BATTERY FAILURE OR END-OF-SERVICE (EOS), HAVE RECEIVED LESS SCRUTINY. IDENTIFIED EVENTS: 1. 2 PATIENTS UNDERWENT INS REPLACEMENT FOR INFECTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
297922 IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR MHY RICE CREEK MFG NEU_INS_STIMULATOR

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention