FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED

MDR report key: 2063216 · Received March 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
1419937-2011-00041
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 22, 2011
Date of Event
November 1, 2010
Report Date
March 17, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDELA, INC
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K031614
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REPLACEMENT PUMP AND POWER SUPPLY WERE SENT TO THE CUSTOMER. IN F/U WITH THE CUSTOMER, SHE INDICATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE A FIRE, SMOKE, SPARKING OR ANY EXPOSED WIRES ON THE POWER SUPPLY CORD, BUT DID MELTING ON THE TRANSFORMER HOUSING "TO THE POINT THAT METAL WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE CASING." SHE ALSO INDICATED THAT NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUE AND THAT SHE DISPOSED OF THE POWER SUPPLY. A BREACH IN THE TRANSFORMER HOUSING POSES A SAFETY RISK. WITHOUT THE PRODUCT, AN ANALYSIS/EVAL CANNOT BE PERFORMED AND THE CUSTOMER'S COMPLAINT THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN THE TRANSFORMER HOUSING CAN BE NEITHER REFUTED NOR SUBSTANTIATED AND THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. A CONCLUSION CANNOT BE MADE. SHOULD ADD'L INFO BE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN NEW, CHANGED, OR CORRECTED INFO, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED. (B)(4), APPROVED ON (B)(4) 2010, HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR PUMP IN STYLE TRANSFORMER OVERHEATING/MELTING ISSUES. ANY ADD'L F/U ACTIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THE CAPA PROCESS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE POWER SUPPLY FOR HER PUMP "MELTED TO THE POINT THAT METAL WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE CASING." THE CUSTOMER DID NOT REPORT AN INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PUMP IN STYLE ADVANCED HGX MEDELA, INC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1