ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-0860-2021 ยท LGW Stimulator, Spinal-Cord, Totally Implanted For Pain Relief

Medtronic Neuromodulation

Medtronic Intellis Spinal Cord Stimulator, Model Number A710, Clinical Programmer application version 1.3.80 - Product Usage: intended for use by clinicians in the programming of the following Medtronic neurostimulators (external and implantable) for pain therapy.

DateNov 12, 2020
StatusOpen, Classified
ReasonA710 Intellis Clinician Application has a software issue that can result in the inability to program the Intellis implantable neurostimulation device.
Root causeSoftware design (manufacturing process)
ActionMedtronic notified the first consignee by letter on 11/12/2020 with a confirmation of their complaint and request to perform a correction to the device which put the device in a factory-reset state and restore functionality to allow programming and continued therapy. On 17 Dec 2020, Medtronic will begin issuing an Urgent Medical Device Correction notification to physicians regarding this validation error and providing instructions on the impact and appropriate mitigating actions if this issue presents.
Quantity7960 downloads
DistributionWorldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Japan, China, and European regions.
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

This recall record lists no 510(k) number.