FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STOCKERT RF GENERATOR

MDR report key: 1140931 · Received August 28, 2008

Report

Report Number
9612355-2008-00016
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 28, 2008
Date of Event
July 30, 2008
Report Date
July 31, 2008
Manufacturer
STOCKERT GMBH
Product Code
DRF
PMA / PMN Number
P990071
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFO OBTAINED FROM THE CUSTOMER INDICATES THAT THE TWO BURN WOUNDS WERE SECOND DEGREE BURNS. NO INFO WAS AVAILABLE REGARDING THE WOUND CARE TREATMENT ADMINISTERED. THE HOSP USED A VALLEY LAB GROUNDING PAD. MODEL #E7506, WHICH WAS PLACED ON THE PTS LEFT LOWER BACK DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE LOT# OF THE GROUND PAD WAS NOT AVAILABLE. 44 RF APPLICATIONS WERE DONE DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE PT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSP. THE BIOSENSE WEBSTER TECHNICAL SERVICES CONTACT THE HOSPITAL'S EP LAB REGARDING THIS EVENT. PER CUSTOMER, A WARMING BLANKET WAS PLACED ON THE PT, AND THE PT WAS SWEATING DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE GROUND PAD WAS CURLED UP AT THE EDGES WHEN THEY REMOVED IT FROM THE PT. CUSTOMER DID NOT FIND ANY FAULT WITH THE SOCKERT GENERATOR OR WITH THE GROUND PAD.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT TWO BURN WOUNDS WERE DISCOVERED POST ABLATION UNDERNEATH THE GROUNDING PAD. PER CUSTOMER, ONE BURN WAS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR AND THE OTHER THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR. THE PHYSICIAN ORDERED A WOUND CARE CONSULTATION TO BE DONE FOR THE PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STOCKERT RF GENERATOR RADIOFREQUENCY GENERATOR AND ACCESSORIES/ACCESSORY CABLE DRF STOCKERT GMBH M-5463-01

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 61 YR Other CARTO SYSTEM| VALLEY LAB GROUND PAD