FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DREAMSTATION CPAP

MDR report key: 15138249 · Received August 1, 2022

Report

Report Number
2518422-2022-67163
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 1, 2022
Date of Event
September 10, 2021
Report Date
August 11, 2023
Manufacturer
RESPIRONICS, INC.
Product Code
BZD
PMA / PMN Number
K131982
Removal / Correction Number
RES 88058
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED INFORMATION ALLEGING A CPAP DEVICE'S SOUND ABATEMENT FOAM BECAME DEGRADED AND CAUSED A PATIENT TO HAVE HEADACHES, IRRITATION IN HER NOSE, NAUSEA. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF SERIOUS OR PERMANENT PATIENT HARM OR INJURY. THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S QUALITY PRODUCT INVESTIGATION LABORATORY FOR INVESTIGATION. THE MANUFACTURER VISUALLY INSPECTED THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE DEVICE AND FOUND DUST/DIRT CONTAMINATION INCONSISTENT WITH DEGRADED SOUND ABATEMENT FOAM WAS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT DEVICE ENCLOSURE, AND AIRPATH, SUGGESTING A SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE DEVICE. SLIGHT BLACK CONTAMINATION AT THE BLOWER SEAL OF THE BLOWER BOX IS CONSISTENT WITH THE KERATIN CONTAMINATION OBSERVED IN ER 2243857 (V1). EVIDENCE OF WATER INGRESS FOUND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOWER BOX. THE DEVICE'S EVENT LOGS WERE DOWNLOADED AND REVIEWED BY MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER FOUND ONE ERROR CODE. THE MANUFACTURER CONCLUDES THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SOUND ABATEMENT FOAM DEGRADATION/BREAKDOWN WAS OBSERVED IN THIS DEVICE. SECTION H6 UPDATED IN THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED INFORMATION ALLEGING HEADACHES, IRRITATION IN HER NOSE, NAUSEA, RELATED TO A CPAP DEVICE'S SOUND ABATEMENT FOAM. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM OR INJURY. THE MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2935792 DREAMSTATION CPAP VENTILATOR, NON-CONTINUOUS (RESPIRATOR) BZD RESPIRONICS, INC. DSX200H11

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown