FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STORZ ILLUM, 3.5MM X 8' PILLING INSTR

MDR report key: 19374934 · Received May 22, 2024

Report

Report Number
3011137372-2024-00082
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 22, 2024
Date of Event
April 25, 2024
Report Date
April 25, 2024
Manufacturer
TELEFLEX MEDICAL
Product Code
EQH
UDI-DI
14026704658685
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

QN# (B)(4). COMPLAINT VERIFICATION TESTING COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS NO SAMPLE WAS RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. WITHOUT THE DEVICE TO EVALUATE, THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED, AND THE PROBABLE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION. TELEFLEX WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND TREND FOR REPORTS OF THIS NATURE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT "DURING DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY, WHILE USING THE PHILLING LIGHT CORD WHICH WAS PLUGGED INTO THE ARTHREX LIGHT SOURCE, STAFF IN THE OPERATING ROOM SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. SUBSEQUENTLY, WE REMOVED THE LIGHT CORD AND FOUND THAT THE TIP OF THE LIGHT CORD THAT ENTERS INTO THE LIGHT SOURCE HAD BEEN BURNT. THE TIP OF THE CORD WITH THE FIBERS WERE BURNT AS WELL.PATIENT SEEMED UNAFFECTED AND EQUIPMENT WAS TURNED OFF, REMOVED, AND TAGGED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SURGEON, PROCEEDED TO DO A VOCAL CORD LESION EXCISION, BY MICROSCOPE AND DID NOT SEE ANY HARM TO AIRWAY."

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT "DURING DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY, WHILE USING THE PHILLING LIGHT CORD WHICH WAS PLUGGED INTO THE ARTHREX LIGHT SOURCE, STAFF IN THE OR SMELLED A BURNING SMELL.SUBSEQUENTLY, WE REMOVED THE LIGHT CORD AND FOUND THAT THE TIP OF THE LIGHT CORD THAT ENTERS INTO THE LIGHT SOURCE HAD BEEN BURNT. THE TIP OF THE CORD WITH THE FIBERS WERE BURNT AS WELL.PATIENT SEEMED UNAFFECTED AND EQUIPMENT WAS TURNED OFF, REMOVED, AND TAGGED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SURGEON, PROCEEDED TO DO A VOCAL CORD LESION EXCISION, BY MICROSCOPE AND DID NOT SEE ANY HARM TO AIRWAY.".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1451987 STORZ ILLUM, 3.5MM X 8' PILLING INSTR SOURCE, CARRIER, FIBEROPTIC LI EQH TELEFLEX MEDICAL 1839-07 14026704658685

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown