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5101 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Pain (1994); Discomfort (2330); Numbness (2415); Implant Pain (4561)
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| Date of Event |
04/21/2026
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Block d2b: product code - additional product code qon.Block g4: premarket / 510(k) # - additional premarket/510(k) p190006.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the patient's daughter reached out to report that the patient is in excruciating pain in the lower back which radiated down the right leg through the foot as well as left leg.The patient also complained of vaginal numbness.The patient was admitted to the emergency room.The patient has a history of mva and spinal surgeries.The implant is off while the physician orders tests to diagnose the issue.The physician believes that patient has pinched nerves which are causing the pain and did not think that the device was related to the patient's condition.There were no other issues or complications reported at this time.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that the patient's daughter reached out to report that the patient is in excruciating pain in the lower back which radiated down the right leg through the foot as well as left leg.The patient also complained of vaginal numbness.The patient was admitted to the emergency room.The patient has a history of mva and spinal surgeries.The implant is off while the physician orders tests to diagnose the issue.The physician believes that patient has pinched nerves which are causing the pain and did not think that the device was related to the patients condition.There were no other issues or complications reported at this time.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Block d2b:
product code - additional product code qon
block g4:
premarket / 510(k) # - additional premarket/510(k) p190006
block h11:
the device was not returned for analysis; therefore, a technical analysis could not be performed.Good faith effort attempts were made to try and retrieve the device; however, device remains implanted.It was confirmed the device met manufacturing specification prior to distribution and there were no manufacturing deviations which could have contributed to the reported event.Review of the instructions for use (ifu) confirmed there was relevant content and sufficient guidance with respect to the circumstances described within this complaint.No updates are required to the ifu as a result of this event.A risk review was completed and confirmed that the events of discomfort, pain, implant pain and the numbness can be related to illness (general) were defined in the product risk documentation.These event types have been accounted for during analysis to support acceptable risk benefit for the product.Based on a thorough review of the reported complaint, boston scientific has assigned an investigation conclusion code of known inherent risk of device.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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