FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MICROFUSE EXTENDED RATE INFUSER

MDR report key: 2348953 · Received September 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
3006222357-2011-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 14, 2011
Date of Event
October 26, 2010
Report Date
September 8, 2011
Manufacturer
NUMIA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Product Code
FRN
PMA / PMN Number
K091386
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPON OPENING THE PUMP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CORROSION HAD FORMED ON THE CONNECTORS FOR BOTH THE PC BOARD AND OPTOSWITCH BOARD IN THE DEVICE AND WAS DISRUPTING OPERATION. THE CORROSION WAS CLEANED OFF THE CONNECTORS AND THEN RECONNECTED. ONCE REASSEMBLED, THE INFUSER WAS RETESTED AND PASSED ALL TESTS AND NO LONGER EXHIBITED THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION. IT APPEARS THAT SOME LIQUID WAS SPILLED ON THE DEVICE AND HAD LEAKED THROUGH TO THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS WHICH CAUSED THE CORROSION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS MDR IS BEING FILED RETROSPECTIVELY. AFTER A REVIEW OF ALL COMPLAINT INFORMATION, THIS INCIDENT WAS DEEMED REPORTABLE. DEVICE INFUSED VERY FAST WHEN TURNED ON AND THEN ALARMED AND STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE A PATIENT WAS BEING INFUSED, BUT THERE WERE NO ADVERSE EFFECTS. INFUSION WAS HALTED AS SOON AS THE FASTER THAN NORMAL RATE WAS NOTICED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MICROFUSE EXTENDED RATE INFUSER SYRINGE INFUSION PUMP FRN NUMIA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC 6004 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other