FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

HI RES ELECTRODES

MDR report key: 179596 · Received July 29, 1998

Report

Report Number
1225215-1998-00009
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 29, 1998
Date of Event
June 29, 1998
Report Date
July 29, 1998
Manufacturer
CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.
Product Code
JOS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT REPORTED AN ADVERSE REACTION RESULTING IN SKIN DISCOLORATION. PATIENT SKIN PREPARATIONS WAS PERFORMED AND ELECTRODES WERE PLACED. AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE BURNING SENSATION WAS NOTED. AT THE END OF THE TEST ELECTRODES WERE REMOVED AND AREAS WIPED WITH DRY CLOTH. THAT EVENING PATIENT STILL EXPERIENCED BURNING SENSATION. FOLLOWING DAY PATIENT SOUGHT ADVICE OF A DERMATOLOGIST, WHO INDICATED SITE APPEARED TO BE A GEL ALLERGY OR A BURN. DR SUPPLIED STEROID OINTMENT, WHICH WAS USED ON ALL ELECTRODE SITES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HI RES ELECTRODES ECG ELECTRODES JOS CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC. * 511390

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other