MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY UNKNOWN STRATA VALVE/SHUNT; SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS

Model Number UNKNOWN-S

Device Problem Insufficient Information (3190)

Patient Problems Headache (1880); Discomfort (2330)

Event Date 10/08/2020

Event Type  malfunction  

Manufacturer Narrative

If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.

Event Description

It was reported that in (b)(6) 2019, the patient was implanted with an adjustable pressure shunt due to hydrocephalus.On (b)(6) 2020, the patient felt headache and discomfort.

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 Description

Additional information received reported that the patient was currently experiencing headache symptoms which was thought to be due to pressure.There were no environmental/external/patient factors that may have led or contributed to the issue.It was stated through communication and negotiation, the salesman was invited to measure the pressure value of 1.5 for the patient in the neurosurgery department of the hospital on (b)(6) 2020, which was the same as that at the time of implantation.The family members of the patient and the external experts of the hospital communicated with the experts of the brain surgery implantation and determined to set the pressure value to 1.0 to reduce the intracranial pressure.At present, the pressure adjustment was completed on the patient.

• Brand Name: UNKNOWN STRATA VALVE/SHUNT
• Type of Device: SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY; 5290 california ave; irvine CA 92617
• MDR Report Key: 10666569
• MDR Text Key: 214800290
• Report Number: 2021898-2020-00261
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: JXG
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: consumer,foreign
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 10/23/2020

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Date FDA Received: 10/12/2020
• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: UNKNOWN-S
• Device Catalogue Number: UNKNOWN-S
• Device Lot Number: UNKNOWN
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Date Manufacturer Received: 10/16/2020
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Age: 26 YR