MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY CARDIAC/PERITONEAL CATHETER, STANDARD, BARIUM IMPREGNATED, 90 CM; SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS

Model Number	43103
Medical Device Problem Codes	Disconnection (1171); Fracture (1260)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Loss of Vision (2139)
Date of Event	01/01/2018
Type of Reportable Event	Serious Injury
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
It was reported that a broken shunt occurred in the chest and was explanted.The patient's status at the time of the report was alive-with injury as the patient was blind due to the failed surgery.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
Additional information received reported that a broken catheter occurred.The catheter was used with the manufacturer's valve.The cause of the blindness was not determined.
Event or Problem Description
Additional information received reported that the patient's underlying disease state was hydrocephalus, and the patient's current status was blindness.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.

• Brand Name: CARDIAC/PERITONEAL CATHETER, STANDARD, BARIUM IMPREGNATED, 90 CM
• Common Device Name: SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY; 5290 california ave; irvine CA 92617
• MDR Report Key: 10508163
• Report Number: 2021898-2020-00226
• Device Sequence Number: 3345117
• Product Code: JXG
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00613994800688
• UDI-Public: 00613994800688
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: CH
• PMA/510(K) Number: K792005
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Serviced by Third Party (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: foreign,health professional
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup,Followup
• Report Date (Section B): 11/17/2020

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 06/30/2016
• Device Model Number: 43103
• Device Catalogue Number: 43103
• Device Lot Number: D07632
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 08/26/2020
• Supplement Date Received by Manufacturer: 09/10/2020; 11/16/2020
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 09/09/2020
• Supplement Report FDA Received Date: 09/14/2020; 11/17/2020
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Outcome Attributed to Adverse Event: Hospitalization; Required Intervention; Disability
• Patient Age: 7 YR