FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

INSPIRATION ELITE

MDR report key: 2693585 · Received August 8, 2012

Report

Report Number
2243193-2012-00005
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 8, 2012
Date of Event
July 16, 2012
Report Date
August 2, 2012
Manufacturer
RESPIRONICS NEW JERSEY INC
Product Code
CAF
PMA / PMN Number
K042655
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DISTRIBUTOR (B)(4) WAS CONTACTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THIS DEVICE BACK WITH NO SUCCESS. WILL MONITOR COMPLAINT TRENDS FOR THIS FAILURE TYPE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT STATES THAT DEVICE IS TAKING OVER AN HOUR TO DELIVER THE DOSE AND THAT MEDICATION IS NOT COMING THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. SHE STATES THAT SINCE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE HER MEDICATION, SHE BECAME VERY DISTRESSED, WHICH IN TURN MAKES HER ASTHMA WORSE. SHE HAD TO CONTACT HER PHYSICIAN AND RECEIVED ANOTHER COMPRESSOR NEBULIZER SYSTEM. NO SERIOUS INJURY OR PERMANENT HARM WAS CONVEYED BY THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INSPIRATION ELITE COMPRESSOR NEBULIZER SYSTEM CAF RESPIRONICS NEW JERSEY INC HS456 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Required Intervention