FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

T PUMP

MDR report key: 1052603 · Received May 20, 2008

Report

Report Number
1052603
Date Received
May 20, 2008
Date of Event
May 4, 2008
Report Date
May 20, 2008
Manufacturer
GAYMAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
Product Code
ILO
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT ADMITTED FOR REDO REPAIR OF HIS PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA, AND NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION. HE WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY AND GIVEN GENERAL ANESTHESIA WITH AN EPIDURAL FOR POST-OPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT. POST-OPERATIVELY HE COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN. A HEATING PAD AND PT WERE ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN. HE WAS GIVEN A PAD FOR HEAT THE DAY AFTER SURGERY. TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS NOTED HIS BACK WAS RED WITH BLISTERS. THE REDDENED AREAS AND BLISTERS WERE IN THE SHAPE OF THE PATTERN ON THE PAD. THE PATIENT STATES HE SLEPT ON THE PAD BUT COULD NOT FEEL IT BURNING BECAUSE OF THE EPIDURAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 T PUMP HEAT THERAPY UNIT ILO GAYMAR INDUSTRIES, INC. TP 200 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR OTHER| OTHER