PORTABLE AC/DC SUCTION MACHINE
Report
- Report Number
- 3003188183-2025-00001
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- September 18, 2025
- Date of Event
- June 21, 2021
- Report Date
- September 16, 2025
- Manufacturer
- VEGA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Product Code
- JCX
- PMA / PMN Number
- K102626
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
NA.
DEFECT DESCRIPTION: ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE UNIT CAUGHT ON FIRE; HOWEVER, WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. IT WAS PLUGGED IN, PRESUMABLY TO CHARGE THE UNIT. THE SINGLE POWER LINE OF THE MACHINE IDENTIFIED WAS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE MACHINE. CAUSE ANALYSIS: 5.1. AS THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS WERE NOT RETURNED AND THE CUSTOMER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACE THEIR PRODUCTION INFORMATION. 5.2. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER'S DESCRIPTION, THE PRODUCT CAUGHT FIRE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGING IT WITH AN EXTERNAL ADAPTER (NOT THE ADAPTER THAT CAME WITH THE PRODUCT). 5.3. AS THE CUSTOMER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES, THE BURNED COMPONENTS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. VEGA VERIFIED THROUGH SIMULATION THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT THE CONSUMER USED AN MISMATCHED ADAPTER TO CHARGE THE PRODUCT, CAUSING THE INTERNAL GOLD FILM RESISTOR TO BURN OUT, WHICH LED THE CONSUMER TO DETERMINE THAT IT WAS A 5.4. AFTER REVIEWING VEGA'S CHARGING VERIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT WITH DIFFERENT VOLTAGES IN 2024, THE VERIFICATION RESULTS SHOW THAT WHEN THE PRODUCT IS CHARGED AT 13.5V FOR 15 MINUTES, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE GOLD FILM RESISTOR REACHES 79.3 DEGREES. WHEN THE PRODUCT IS CHARGED AT 14.5V FOR 3 MINUTES, THE GOLD FILM RESISTOR BURNS OUT. CHARGE THE PRODUCT WITH 15V VOLTAGE FOR 1 MINUTE, AND THE GOLD FILM RESISTOR BURNS OUT. 5.5. THE VEGA MANUAL CLEARLY STIPULATES THAT WHEN USING THE PRODUCT, ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES MUST BE USED. IN CONCLUSION: THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE PRODUCT BURNING OUT COULD BE: CONSUMERS USED AN INCOMPATIBLE ADAPTER TO CHARGE THE PRODUCT, WHICH LED TO THE BURNING OUT OF THE PRODUCT'S GOLD FILM RESISTOR AND THUS CAUSED THE DEFECT.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1704745 | PORTABLE AC/DC SUCTION MACHINE | SUCTION MACHINE, PRODUCT CODE: LRQ | JCX | VEGA TECHNOLOGIES INC. | SU100DC |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | Male | Hospitalization |