The bactiseal was not returned for evaluation and no lot number information has been provided; therefore, an evaluation of the device could not be performed, and manufacturing records could not be reviewed.The cause(s) of the difficulty reported by the customer could not be determined.If additional relevant information becomes available in the future, this complaint will be reopened, and the respective evaluation performed.Trends will be monitored for this and similar issues.At present, we consider this complaint to be closed.
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2 of 2 reports.Other mfg report number: 3013886523-2021-00220 a facility reported: "the valve was implanted to the patient about 2 month ago with unknown setting.It was used with bactiseal(serial:unk).The patient had pneumonia / urinary tract infection before the implant, but after it had subsided, surgery was performed.Infectious symptoms such as fever developed 3 weeks after surgery and a cerebrospinal fluid test shows that the protein has increased, but the number of cells has not increased.Hematoma remains in the ventricles of patient with intraventricular hemorrhage.Implantation of a shunt resulted in overdrainage and was likely to result in subdural hematoma.According to the doctor, it is not determined that it is a shunt infection." it is unknown what type of treatment/medications were provided.
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