FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VERTIER SURGICAL TABLE

MDR report key: 2435310 · Received January 18, 2012

Report

Report Number
2031963-2012-00006
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 18, 2012
Date of Event
December 29, 2011
Report Date
December 29, 2011
Manufacturer
STRYKER COMMUNICATIONS
Product Code
FQO
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THERE WAS NO REPORTED PT INVOLVEMENT, THEREFORE NO PT DATA EXISTS. THERE IS NO EXPIRATION DATE FOR THIS PRODUCT. THE ACTUAL DEVICE WAS EVALUATED IN THE FIELD ON (B)(4) 2011. EVAL SUMMARY: THROUGH EVAL OF THE DEVICE BY A FIELD SERVICE REP, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE MOTION PROCESS CONTROLLER (MPC) WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING WHICH LED TO THE REPORTED EVENT OF THE TABLE NOT POWERING ON. THE MPC CONTROLS THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE TABLE. IF THIS COMPONENT FAILS, THE TABLE MAY NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE FROM EITHER THE HAND CONTROL OR THE OVERRIDE PANEL AS WAS REPORTED IN THIS INSTANCE. IT IS UNK WHAT CAUSED THE MPC CONTROLLER TO CEASE FUNCTIONING AS THE CAUSE IS MULTI-FACTORIAL IN NATURE. FOR THIS EVENT, THERE WAS NO PT INVOLVEMENT AND NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE REPORTED AS THE TABLE WAS ALLEGEDLY NOT POWERING ON IN ORDER TO BE USED. THIS IS NOT A SINGLE USE DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(4): IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VERTIER TABLE IS NOT POWERING ON AND THE HAND CONTROL AND OVERRIDE PANEL ARE NOT WORKING. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY PT INVOLVEMENT AND NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VERTIER SURGICAL TABLE FQO STRYKER COMMUNICATIONS NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA