FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

E500 VENTILATOR

MDR report key: 1145605 · Received August 27, 2008

Report

Report Number
2023050-2008-00060
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 27, 2008
Date of Event
July 26, 2008
Report Date
July 29, 2008
Manufacturer
NEWPORT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
Product Code
CBK
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(BURNED BOARD)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REPORTEDLY, SMOKE CAME OUT FROM BACK SITE OF THE GDM (GRAPHICS DISPLAY MONITOR) WHILE THE UNIT WAS RUNNING ON A PT AT ICU. THE SCREEN WAS VANISHED WITH AUDIBLE ALARM. THE HOSPITAL STAFF CONFIRMED THAT THE UNIT WAS WORKING NORMALLY AND THE PT WAS SAFE. THE PT WAS MANUALLY VENTILATED AND THEN SWITCHED TO ANOTHER UNIT. VISUAL EXAMINATION OF BOARD (PCB1911A) BY THE DISTRIBUTOR FOUND A BURNED TRACE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH IN THIS CASE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 E500 VENTILATOR CBK NEWPORT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. E500 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR