FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LINEAR ACCELERATOR

MDR report key: 18562 · Received December 28, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1004588
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 28, 1994
Date of Event
December 16, 1994
Report Date
December 27, 1994
Manufacturer
MITSUBISHI INTL. CORP.
Product Code
IYE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHILE A THERAPIST WAS UNDER THE TABLE VERIFYING THE SOURCE-TO-SKIN DISTANCE, THE TREATMENT TABLE MOTORED DOWN AND CRASHED INTO THE BLOCK TRAY HOLDER. THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON WAS PUSHED AND THE TABLE STOPPED. THE PT AND THERAPIST WERE NOT INJURED. THE HOSP HAS HAD THE ACCELERATOR FOR FIVE YEARS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LINEAR ACCELERATOR IYE MITSUBISHI INTL. CORP. EXL-14

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR