FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROTEUS XR/A

MDR report key: 1060004 · Received June 11, 2008

Report

Report Number
9613445-2008-00015
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 11, 2008
Date of Event
May 12, 2008
Report Date
May 12, 2008
Manufacturer
GE HANGWEI MEDICAL SYSTEMS, CO., LTD.
Product Code
KPR
PMA / PMN Number
K993090
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE GE FIELD ENGINEER (FE) EVALUATED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND A DIRTY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) THAT SIMULATED AN ON-STATE COMMAND OF THE FOOT PEDAL, PREVENTING THE TABLE LOCKS FROM ACTUATING. THE FE CLEANED THE PCB AND VERIFIED THAT THE TABLE WAS OPERATING PER SPECS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PROTEUS XR/A TABLE LOCKS DID NOT ACTUATE, CAUSING THE TABLETOP TO MOVE IN TWO AXES WITHOUT RESISTANCE. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED. THIS SITUATION COULD POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO A SERIOUS INJURY IF A PT WAS TO BECOME UNSTEADY AND FALL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROTEUS XR/A KPR GE HANGWEI MEDICAL SYSTEMS, CO., LTD. 2259988 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA