FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FUJINON

MDR report key: 2476095 · Received June 21, 2011

Report

Report Number
2476095
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 21, 2011
Date of Event
June 3, 2011
Report Date
June 3, 2011
Manufacturer
FUJINON, INC
Product Code
EOQ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING BRONCHOSCOPY PROCEDURE BEING PERFORMED PHYSICIAN WENT IN LEFT SIDE TO WASH - NO DIFFICULTIES THEN PULLED BACK TO GO INTO THE RIGHT LUNG NOTICED SCOPE GETTING CAUGHT, DIFFICULTY COMING OUT THE ET TUBE, THEN NOTICED BLACK ALL OVER THE PHYSICIANS HANDS, STOPPED PULLING THOUGHT MAYBE THE SCOPE, THEN IT STARTED BUCKLING IN ON ITSELF STOPPED TO EXTUBATE PATIENT TO GET SCOPE OUT. THEN SAW FIBERS WERE EXPOSED. RE-INSERTED ANOTHER ETT TUBE TO INTUBATE PATIENT TO CONTINUE PROCEDURE LAVAGED THE PATIENT TILL ALL PARTICLES WERE REMOVED FROM THE BROKEN DOWN SCOPE. THE TIP APPEARED TO HAVE MELTED OR DISINTEGRATED AND THE ETT TUBE WAS STUCK TO THE SCOPE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FUJINON BRONCOSCOPE EOQ FUJINON, INC EB 47OT

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 YR Other| R