FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BLINK TWITCHVIEW TRAIN OF FOUR MONITOR

MDR report key: 23684528 · Received December 1, 2025

Report

Report Number
MW5179651
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 1, 2025
Date of Event
November 21, 2025
Report Date
November 25, 2025
Manufacturer
BLINK DEVICE COMPANY
Product Code
KOI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE BLINK TWITCHVIEW TRAIN OF FOUR MONITOR TO MONITOR NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE IN MY PATIENT. OF NOTE, SHE HAD ANASARCA. ALTHOUGH THE EMG ELECTRODES WERE PROPERLY POSITIONED AND THE DEVICE WAS PROPERLY EVOKING VIGOROUS MOVEMENTS OF THE THUMB, ONLY WEAK (PEAK ~1 MV) EMG SIGNALS WERE DETECTED AT 80MA. I ATTRIBUTED THIS PROBLEM TO EDEMA ALTERING THE CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE TISSUES BETWEEN THE PATIENT'S MUSCLES AND SKIN. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OPERATION, I USED THE DEVICE AS A NERVE STIMULATOR ONLY, ASSESSING THE DEGREE OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCK BY VISUAL AND MANUAL OBSERVATION OF THE THUMB.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2854731 BLINK TWITCHVIEW TRAIN OF FOUR MONITOR STIMULATOR, NERVE, PERIPHERAL, ELECTRIC KOI BLINK DEVICE COMPANY

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Female