MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR

Model Number NEU_INS_STIMULATOR

Device Problems Break (1069); Migration or Expulsion of Device (1395); Material Deformation (2976); Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)

Patient Problems Bruise/Contusion (1754); Erythema (1840); Headache (1880); Intracranial Hemorrhage (1891); Discomfort (2330); Loss of consciousness (2418); Diaphoresis (2452); Convulsion/Seizure (4406); Syncope/Fainting (4411); Insufficient Information (4580); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)

Event Type  Injury  

Manufacturer Narrative

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

Event Description

Information was received from a consumer who reported for the past eight years after a procedure we done they had episodes of sweating profusely from head to toe out of the blue then passing out for hours at a time.The consumer stated they were always confused and felt lost in space.A ct and x-ray were performed which found there ¿were things in my body that weren¿t supposed to be there that appear to be a deep brain stimulation (dbs) pack.¿ the consumer was ¿looking for answers.¿.

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.

Manufacturer Narrative

Continuation of d10: product id neu unknown lead lot# serial# unknown implanted: explanted: product type lead.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 was received from the consumer reporting a deep brain stimulation (dbs) was implanted without their knowledge.They stated that they have obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd), so they were thinking that may have been the reason for the dbs implant.They stated the physician was only supposed to do a 'diagnostic procedure'.For 7 years, they were told that they were having seizures.During that time, the ekgs and eeg were coming back negative.They have been having blackouts, their face turns "really red" and gets hot, and they have trouble doing everything in daily life.That added that last august, their back started bruising, so they got x-rays and ct scans.In one of the ct scans, they could see leads that led to a device in the "canal in the bottom of the abdomen".They stated that the leads are broken (noting that one of the leads looked "totally ate up") and is laying on top of their spine at the back of their neck.They added that the leads in their neck are "floating around" and look like "twisted wires - some more thin that others".They stated that there was a report that it looked like there was a catheter in their upper spine but then it was determined that it was not a catheter.They got a metal detector and put it near their abdomen and it "went off like crazy".They are trying to find a neurosurgeon who can remove the dbs.They clarified that the leads or wires appeared to be broken and twisted in their neck and spine and wants everything removed.

Manufacturer Narrative

Continuation of d10: product id: neu_unknown_lead, serial# unknown, product type: lead.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 was received from the consumer that cause of symptoms is unknown.Cause of items in the body is unknown.There have been numerous tests, but now answers or treatment.The consumer reported cause of leads breaking, twisting, floating was a chiropractic adjustment.They state that they now have an active brain bleed.They state that they never had ocd and that the device should have never been placed in them.They report that a referral was made for removal, but insurance denied it due to insufficient information.

Event Description

The patient called back and said the wires in their neck cause pressure, so they have a headache every day.

Manufacturer Narrative

Continuation of d10: product id neu_unknown_lead lot# serial# unknown implanted: explanted: product type lead.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.

Manufacturer Narrative

Continuation of d10: product id neu_unknown_lead lot# serial# unknown implanted: explanted: product type lead.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 was received: it was reported that the patient reiterated much of the same information.However they stated they had encephalomalacia due to the brain bleed.

• Brand Name: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR
• Type of Device: STIMULATOR, ELECTRICAL, IMPLANTED, FOR PARKINSONIAN TREMOR
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION; 7000 central ave ne; minneapolis MN 55432
• Manufacturer (Section G): MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION; 7000 central ave ne; minneapolis MN 55432
• Manufacturer Contact: glen belmer ; 7000 central avenue ne rcw215; minneapolis, MN 55432 ; 6122713209
• MDR Report Key: 11391771
• MDR Text Key: 233964165
• Report Number: 2182207-2021-00329
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: MHY
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• PMA/PMN Number: P960009
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: Consumer
• Reporter Occupation: Non-Healthcare Professional
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup,Followup,Followup,Followup
• Report Date: 05/10/2022

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Date FDA Received: 03/01/2021
• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: Yes
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: No
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Model Number: NEU_INS_STIMULATOR
• Device Catalogue Number: NEU_INS_STIMULATOR
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Date Manufacturer Received: 04/14/2022
• Is the Device Single Use?: Yes
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Type of Device Usage: Initial
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
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• Patient Outcome(s): Other