inforMED
InjuryNAM

NURO

Received Jan 22, 2018

Report 3007566237-2018-00230 · MDR key 7211550

Device

Generic name

Stimulator,peripheral Nerve,non-implanted,for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Model number

3533

Catalog number

3533

Product problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

Patient

Not reported

  • Micturition Urgency
  • Unspecified Infection
  • Urinary Tract Infection
  • Hematuria
  • Micturition Urgency
  • Unspecified Infection
  • Urinary Tract Infection
  • Hematuria

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem

THE PATENT REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED BLADDER INFECTIONS, BLOOD IN THEIR URINE AND UNDESIRABLE URGENCY. THE PATIENT ALSO MENTIONED THAT PREEXISTING CONDITIONS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE ALIVE WITH NO INJURY. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED/ ANTICIPATED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

(B)(4). (IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (HCP) INDICATED THAT PRIOR TO IMPLANT, THEY WERE BEING TREATED FOR RECURRENT UTIS. THE FIRST POSITIVE CULTURE WAS IN 2012, AND THE LAST POSITIVE CULTURE WAS (B)(6) 2016. THEY HAD 5 NEGATIVE URINE CULTURES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE CAUSE OF THE LAST BLADDER INFECTION WAS A POSITIVE E-COLI CULTURE IN (B)(6) 2016. IT WAS UNCLEAR IF THE BLADDER INFECTIONS WERE RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S UNDERLYING URINARY DYSFUNCTION. IT WAS LIKELY RELATED TO PROLAPSE AND LOW VAGINAL ESTROGEN. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BLADDER INFECTIONS WERE NOT RELATED TO THE DEVICE/THERAPY. NOTHING ACTIONS HAD BEEN RECENTLY PERFORMED FOR THE URINARY TRACT INFECTION, BLOOD IN THE URINE, AND URGENCY. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.