MAUDE Adverse Event Report: MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY VENTRICULAR CATHETER, STANDARD, BARIUM IMPREGNATED, 23 CM; SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS

Catalog Number	41101
Medical Device Problem Code	Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available (3191)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	Therapeutic Response, Decreased (2271)
Date of Event	06/15/2017
Type of Reportable Event	Serious Injury
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
The product was unavailable for return.Therefore an evaluation of the device performance was not possible.A review of the manufacturing records showed no anomalies.All catheters are 100% inspected at the time of manufacture.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
It was reported to medtronic neurosurgery that the valve was not functioning and there was no drainage of cerebrospinal fluid.In ad dition, there was a suture leak.According to the report, the shunt was completely removed and would be replaced with a different shunt after two weeks.Reportedly, there was no harm or injury.

• Brand Name: VENTRICULAR CATHETER, STANDARD, BARIUM IMPREGNATED, 23 CM
• Common Device Name: SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS
• Manufacturer (Section D): MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY; 125 cremona drive; goleta CA 93117
• MDR Report Key: 6715523
• Report Number: 2021898-2017-00378
• Device Sequence Number: 1247519
• Product Code: JXG
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00643169466500
• UDI-Public: 00643169466500
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: TS
• PMA/510(K) Number: K792007
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Device Implanted Year: 2017
• Device Explanted Year: 2017
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: foreign,health professional
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Physician
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 06/16/2017

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?: No
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 09/30/2020
• Device Catalogue Number: 41101
• Device Lot Number: E04129
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 06/16/2017
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 07/14/2017
• 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
• Patient Age: 1 MO
• Patient Weight: 4