FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AED PLUS

MDR report key: 16781389 · Received April 20, 2023

Report

Report Number
1220908-2023-01508
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 20, 2023
Date of Event
April 1, 2023
Report Date
April 5, 2023
Manufacturer
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Product Code
MKJ
PMA / PMN Number
K011541/P160
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION HAS NOT RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION AND THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION FOR EVALUATION. INSTEAD, THE CLINICAL FILE OF THE CUSTOMER'S REPORT WAS PROVIDED. REVIEW OF THE CLINICAL FILE DID SHOW THE CUSTOMER'S REPORT. SEGMENTS 1 AND 3 WERE DETERMINED TO BE VENTRICULAR FIBRILATION (VF) AND SEGMENT 2 WAS DETERMINED TO BE A NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM (NSR). THE ECG DURING SEGMENTS 1 AND 3 HAD QRS COMPLEXES THAT WERE UNEVENLY SPACED AND HAD VARIANCES IN AMPLITUDE BOTH POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY DEFLECTING. THE UNEVEN SPACING AND AMPLITUDE VARIANCES CAUSED THE WAVEFORM MEASUREMENTS TO MATCH PREDEFINED VALUES FOR VF. THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THE DEVICE OPERATED AS EXPECTED WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. ANALYSIS OF REPORTS OF THIS TYPE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED AN INCREASE IN TREND.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MONITOR A PATIENT (AGE & GENDER UNKNOWN), THE DEVICE ISSUED A "SHOCK ADVISED" PROMPT FOR A HEART RHYTHM THEY BELIEVE WAS NON-SHOCKABLE. COMPLAINANT DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS ANY ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE PATIENT DUE TO THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1461353 AED PLUS DEFIBRILLATOR MKJ ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION AED PLUS NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown