FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INOMAX DS (DELIVERY SYSTEM)

MDR report key: 1930363 · Received November 18, 2010

Report

Report Number
3004531588-2010-00128
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 18, 2010
Date of Event
October 28, 2010
Report Date
November 18, 2010
Manufacturer
INO THERAPEUTICS LLC/IKARIA
Product Code
MRN
PMA / PMN Number
K061901
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ON (B)(6), 2010, A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST REPORTED THAT INOMAX DS, # (B)(4) HAD FLUCTUATING NITRIC OXIDE (NO) VALUES WHILE ON A PT. THE DEVICE IS IN TRANSIT FOR INVESTIGATION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2010, A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST REPORTED INOMAX DS DEVICE # (B)(4) WAS SET AT 20 PARTS PER MILLION (PPM) OF NITRIC OXIDE (NO) AND HAD MONITORED VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO 30 PPM WHILE ON A PT. LOW AND HIGH CALIBRATIONS WERE COMPLETED AND THE VALUES STABILIZED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN MONITORED VALUES BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 7 TO 26 PPM. THE INJECTOR MODULE (IM) AND DISPOSABLES WERE CHANGED WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT. THE DEVICE WAS SWITCHED OUT, AND THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST REPORTED THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PT AND NO ADVERSE EVENT HAD OCCURRED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE DEVICE WAS TESTED ON ROOM AIR AND THE VALUES WERE STABLE, BUT THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE BY THE CUSTOMER AND RETURNED TO THE COMPANY FOR INVESTIGATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INOMAX DS (DELIVERY SYSTEM) APPARATUS, NITRIC OXIDE DELIVERY MRN INO THERAPEUTICS LLC/IKARIA 10003

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1