FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HEATING PAD

MDR report key: 13109041 · Received December 29, 2021

Report

Report Number
MW5106301
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 29, 2021
Date of Event
December 20, 2021
Report Date
December 26, 2021
Manufacturer
UNKNOWN
Product Code
IRT
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND
Health Professional
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Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEVIVED FOR REPORT MW5106301 ON 01/31/2022: MANUFACTURER IS UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS USING A (B)(6) SUNBEAM HEATING PAD MODEL 853608 WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. FLAMES ERUPTED NEAR HER HEAD. SHE YELLED AND MY FATHER IN LAW WAS ABLE TO RUN FROM THE NEXT ROOM AND WAS ABLE TO PUT IT OUT, BY PULLING IT OUT OF THE WALL PLUG AND STAMPING OUT THE FLAMES WITH HIS FOOT, JUST IN TIME. IT SINGED HER HAIR AND THE LEATHER SOFA, BUT SHE SURVIVED WITHOUT INJURY, OTHER THAN THE TRAUMA OF THIS HAPPENING. SHE IS NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF A CHAIR SAFELY BY HERSELF SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING AND THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE BURNED DOWN IF MY FATHER IN LAW HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO HER AND THE FIRE IN TIME. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID# (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2007610 HEATING PAD PAD, HEATING, POWERED IRT UNKNOWN PM02 853608

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Female Required Intervention| O| L ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICATIONS| THYROID MEDICATION| WALKER | WHEELCHAIR