FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

OSI MIZUHO

MDR report key: 1090703 · Received July 31, 2008

Report

Report Number
MW5007862
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 31, 2008
Date of Event
June 20, 2008
Report Date
July 31, 2008
Manufacturer
ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS INC.
Product Code
FQO
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WITH A PT ON THE OSI TABLE DURING A NEURO CASE, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR "ROTATION SAFETY LOCK" AND THE "180 DEGREE ROTATION LOCK" LEVER WERE BOTH NOT LIGHTED. THE TABLE COULD ONLY ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD GO EITHER WAY. THE UNIT WAS TESTED OFF LINE, AND THE MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WAS AT MUCH REDUCED SPEED, AND THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT BURNING ELECTRONIC SMELL. TILT ACTUATOR MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT AND THE CONTROL BOARD IS ALSO GONE, AS INDICATED BY THE SAFETY SWITCH BEING OFF, YET THE TABLE WILL NOT ROTATE RIGHT OR LEFT AS PER THE DESIGN FUNCTION FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THREE DAYS LATER: "FOUND OUT IS THAT WE LOST THE TILT ACTUATOR MOTOR. WHEN TESTED IT THIS MORNING, THE SPEED WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 1/3 THE NORMAL SPEED, AND THERE WAS A NOTICABLE ELECTRONIC SMELL... THE SAFETY LOCK SWITCH,... ISN'T REALLY WORKING."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OSI MIZUHO SURGICAL TABLE FQO ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS INC. 5892

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1