FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SIEMENS INTUIS S HEARING INSTRUMENT

MDR report key: 2667167 · Received July 17, 2007

Report

Report Number
2217809-2007-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 17, 2007
Date of Event
June 27, 2007
Report Date
July 16, 2007
Manufacturer
SIEMENS
Product Code
ESD
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(4) 2007, SIEMENS HEARING INSTRUMENTS WAS NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL OF AN ADVERSE EVENT IN (B)(6) INVOLVING THE SIEMENS INTUIS S HEARING INSTRUMENT. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A (B)(6) MALE WHO ALLEGEDLY SEPARATED THE EARHOOK FROM THE INTUIS S BTE HEARING INSTRUMENT AND SWALLOWED THE HEARING INSTRUMENT. THE PT'S PARENT APPLIED FIRST RESPONSE PROCEDURE AND WAS ABLE TO DISLODGE THE HEARING INSTRUMENT BY APPLYING THREE HARD PATS TO THE BACK AND HOLDING THE PT'S HEAD DOWN IN LINE WITH GRAVITY. THE PT WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR WHO ADVISED REST AND ANTIBIOTICS IN CASE OF INFECTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SIEMENS INTUIS S HEARING INSTRUMENT BEHIND-THE-EAR (BTE) HEARING INSTRUMENT ESD SIEMENS INTUIS S NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 9 MO Other