Loss of Stimulation and Over Stimulation – For Deep Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapies

Medtronic International Limited (Medtronic) would like to inform healthcare professionals regarding two issues associated with the use of Medtronic neurostimulators: Loss of Stimulation and Over Stimulation. These issues are related to the 8870 N'Vision Application Card used in 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer that can be used to interrogate the implantable deep brain stimulator (DBS) and implantable spinal cord stimulator (SCS). The loss of stimulation, over stimulation or stimulation in the wrong area may occur to the Activa® PC, Activa® RC and Activa®SC implantable DBS, and RestoreUltra® and RestoreSensor® implantable SCS. Medtronic does not recommend prophylactic explant of the affected devices as these issues can be addressed non-invasively by the clinician using an 8840 clinician programmer or an Implantable Neurostimulator Recharger using the Physician Recharge Mode. Healthcare professionals are advised to refer to the letter for details.

 
 
Healthcare professional, Medical devices
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Dear Healthcare Professional Letters

12 Dec 2019

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