FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INNOVA 2000

MDR report key: 2586722 · Received May 22, 2012

Report

Report Number
9611343-2012-00018
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 22, 2012
Date of Event
April 27, 2012
Report Date
May 3, 2012
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS SCS
Product Code
JAA
PMA / PMN Number
K993037
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

GE HEALTHCARE'S INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT, WHILE POSITIONING THE GANTRY, THE GANTRY STRUCK THE SURGICAL LAMP RM AND BROKE THE CASTING ALLOWING IT TO FALL. A NURSE WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD BY THE ARM OF THE LAMP. THE NURSE WHO WAS STRUCK SUFFERED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION, HEMATOMA DOWN TO THE NECK AND WAS SEEN IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE NURSE WAS OFF OF WORK FOR TWO WEEKS AND TOOK OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION FOR HEADACHES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INNOVA 2000 FLUOROSCOPIC X-RAY SYSTEM JAA GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS SCS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 42 YR Other