FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

INVIVO CORPORATION

MDR report key: 1579939 · Received January 9, 2010

Report

Report Number
1051786-2010-00001
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 9, 2010
Date of Event
December 23, 2009
Report Date
January 5, 2010
Manufacturer
INVIVO CORPORATION
Product Code
MWI
PMA / PMN Number
K040915
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE AVAILABLE INFO DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE MONITOR MALFUNCTIONED, AND THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE MONITOR WAS A FACTOR IN THE PT CODING. THE DEVICE MFR IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT AND WILL FILE A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT AFTER THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE USER REPORTED TO THE DEVICE MFR THAT THE PT ARRIVED IN THE MRI AREA IN AN "UNSTABLE" CONDITION AND THAT "HIS HANDS AND FEET APPEARED GRAY IN COLOR BEFORE THE SCAN WAS PERFORMED". THE NURSE REPORTED SHE NEVER REALLY HAD A GOOD BASELINE ECG READING AND THAT SHE COULD NOT TELL WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE ECG, AS IT WAS "JUMBLED". DURING THE MRI SCAN, THE NURSE TOOK THE PT'S PULSE AND THEN REQUESTED THAT THE PT BE REMOVED FROM THE MRI. A CODE WAS CALLED AND THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INVIVO CORPORATION MAGNITUDE MRI PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM MWI INVIVO CORPORATION 3150M

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Death