FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INTERFACE 8252800 RESPONSE 2.0 INCREMENT

MDR report key: 2469661 · Received February 27, 2012

Report

Report Number
1045254-2012-00033
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 27, 2012
Report Date
February 2, 2012
Manufacturer
XOMED MFG JACKSONVILLE
Product Code
ETN
PMA / PMN Number
K024316
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO MEDWATCH 3500A FORM WAS RECEIVED FROM THE REPORTER. ANY MISSING OR INCOMPLETE DATA ON THIS FORM 3500A IS THE RESULT OF INFORMATION NOT BEING PROVIDED OR RELEASED BY THE REPORTER. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION WERE MADE, AND THE RECORDS OF THESE ATTEMPTS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE COMPLAINT FILE. THIS PRODUCT WAS BEING USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. NEITHER APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS, NOR MEDICAL RECORDS WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THIS DEVICE WAS OUT OF SPECIFICATION IN AN "AS RECEIVED CONDITION". THE INFORMATION REASONABLY SUGGESTS THAT A DEVICE IN QUESTION HAS MALFUNCTIONED AS DEFINED BY THE FDA AND A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT HISTORY INDICATES THAT THIS PRODUCT ISSUE HAS RESULTED IN AN ADVERSE EVENT IN THE PAST AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY TO CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE SERIOUS INJURY IF THIS EVENT WERE TO RECUR. WITHOUT INFORMATION TO REASONABLY SUGGEST A SERIOUS INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED TO PRECLUDE SERIOUS INJURY, WE ARE FILING THIS REPORT AS A PRODUCT PROBLEM. NO EVENT DATE PROVIDED. SERVICE AND REPAIR DEPARTMENT REPLACED A SHORTED CABLE AND TESTED IT TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE PATIENT INTERFACE AND CABLE PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR CARRYING ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY FROM THE PATIENT'S INNERVATED MUSCLES TO THE CONSOLE, AN INTERFACE FOR CARRYING STIMULATION SIGNALS FROM THE CONSOLE TO THE STIMULATING PROBES/ELECTRODES, AND AN INTERFACE TO THE CONSOLE FROM THE INCREMENTING PROBE. THE PATIENT INTERFACE HAS FOUR OR EIGHT COLOR CODED PAIRS OF PATIENT ELECTRODE JACKS, A PATIENT ELECTRODE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A SCHEDULED SURGERY THE NERVE MONITORING SYSTEM: "STOP(PED) WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A CASE, BUT NO PATIENT INJURY." NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INTERFACE 8252800 RESPONSE 2.0 INCREMENT STIMULATOR, NERVE ETN XOMED MFG JACKSONVILLE 8252800 48961100

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1