FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SYNCHRON LX I 725 CLINICAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2723887 · Received September 1, 2012

Report

Report Number
2050012-2012-01432
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 1, 2012
Date of Event
August 6, 2012
Report Date
August 6, 2012
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K023049
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED TO BECKMAN COULTER, INC. (BEC) THAT THEY HAD AN ISE (ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES) ISSUE WITH THE SYNCHRON LXI 725 CLINICAL SYSTEM (LXI 725). CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE CIGAR TUBE WAS OVERFLOWING. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUID LEAKED FROM THE ELECTROLYTE FLOWCELL OUT OF THE ANALYZER. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE LXI 725 SYSTEM GENERATED ERRONEOUS RESULTS. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT PATIENT TREATMENT WAS NOT AFFECTED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY ADVERSE EVENT OR INJURY REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION OR PATIENT TREATMENT. BEC FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) FOUND THAT THE WASTE TUBING WAS PINCHED BEHIND THE ISE MODULE. THE FSE ADJUSTED THE TUBING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SYNCHRON LX I 725 CLINICAL SYSTEM ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE JJE BECKMAN COULTER, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1