FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ECLIPSE NEUROLOGICAL WORKSTATION

MDR report key: 1909025 · Received November 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
2434986-2010-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 29, 2010
Date of Event
January 5, 2010
Report Date
November 18, 2010
Manufacturer
AXON SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
GWF
PMA / PMN Number
K050798
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). A LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM FDA, DATED OCTOBER 15, 2010, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFO ON 10/22/2010.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN DETAIL IN MAUDE REPORT (B)(4). IN 2010, FEMALE PT UNDERWENT TOTAL POSTERIOR CERVICAL 6-7 DISC REPLACEMENT WITH FUSION. THE AXON DAQ916 DIGITAL PREAMPLIFIER BOX WAS PLACED NEXT TO THE PT'S NECK. THE NEUROTECHNICIAN COULD NOT VISUALIZE THE BOX AS THE MD WAS STANDING BETWEEN HIM AND THE PT. THE AXON EEX901 ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR, ALL APPEARED TO BE FUNCTIONING WITHOUT ISSUE. DURING THE IRRIGATION, OF THE WOUND NEAR THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, SOME OF THE FLUIDS SPLASHED INTO THE PREAMPLIFIER BOX, WHEN THE DRAPES WERE PULLED AWAY FROM THE PT AND AS THE NEURO-MONITORING TECH WAS REMOVING THE NEEDLE ELECTRODES CONNECTED TO THE NEURO-TRANSMITTER, HE NOTED 8 SMALL CIGARETTE SIZE BURNS (0.5MM DIAMETER DARKENED AREAS) AT THE NEEDLE SITES. ON 11/18/2010, AXON SYSTEMS, INC. LEARNED THAT AFTER THE EVENT OF (B)(6) 2010, THE PT UNDERWENT AN MRI AND MADE 3 VISITS AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL WOUND CARE CLINIC FOR FOLLOW-UP ON HER BURNS. AFTER THE 3RD VISIT: LATERAL ARM SCARS WERE SLIGHTLY HYPERTOPIC WITH AREAS OF ESCHAR NOTED ON TOP. SOME FAIRLY FLUSH, DISCOLORED, BUT HEALING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ECLIPSE NEUROLOGICAL WORKSTATION ECLIPSE SYSTEM GWF AXON SYSTEMS, INC. ECLC16P

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NI Other| R