FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

INOGEN G5 PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR

MDR report key: 17498233 · Received August 9, 2023

Report

Report Number
MW5122860
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 9, 2023
Date of Event
August 4, 2023
Report Date
August 6, 2023
Manufacturer
INOGEN, INC.
Product Code
CAW
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT
Health Professional
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Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IN (B)(6) 2023 MY PULMONARY DOCTOR PRESCRIBED SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 24/7. THE INOGEN G5 PORTABLE OXYGEN WAS THE ONE THAT WAS PRESCRIBED. FROM (B)(6) 2023, I'VE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT INOGEN G5'S ALL WERE DEFECTIVE AND FAILED WITH ERRORS INDICATING THEY WERE NOT SUPPLYING THE PROPER OXYGEN. THE LAST TWO UNITS AFTER LESS THAN 36 HOURS OF SERVICE. INOGEN CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CONTACTED AFTER EVERY FAILURE AND THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO SEND ANOTHER DEFECTIVE UNIT. INOGEN OBVIOUSLY HAS A SERIOUS DEFECT AND QUALITY PROBLEM WITH THEIR PRODUCT. DEPENDING WHEN THE UNIT FAILS, IT CAN TAKE UP TO 5 DAYS TO GET A REPLACEMENT. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE BBB ABOUT INOGEN'S DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. WE DID NOT REACH AN AGREEABLE SOLUTION. IN FACT, INOGEN RESPONSE CONTAINED TWO FALSE STATEMENTS. REFERENCE REPORTS MW5122856, MW5122857, MW5122858, MW5122859.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
784289 INOGEN G5 PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR GENERATOR, OXYGEN, PORTABLE CAW INOGEN, INC. INOGEN ONE G5

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Male Disability AMLODIPINE BESYLATE | ASPIRIN | CRESTOR | EPERENONE | FLONASE| LOSARTAN | METOPROLOL | MUCINEX | NEBULIZER - IPRATROPIUM & ALBUTEROL| NEXIUM | PLAVIX | PROAIR | RANOLAZINE | SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN| TRELEGY | XANAX