FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MARK 5 NUVO

MDR report key: 2845056 · Received October 24, 2012

Report

Report Number
1039215-2012-00004
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 24, 2012
Date of Event
August 22, 2012
Report Date
October 24, 2012
Manufacturer
NIDEK MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Product Code
CAW
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UNIT IS BEING RETURNED TO NIDEK MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. FOR INVESTIGATION/EVALUATION. AS OF THIS DATE, IT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INCIDENT IS AS FOLLOWS: SERIAL NUMBER OF THE NUVO (B)(4). DATE OF THE INCIDENT: (B)(6) 2012. "THE DEVICE WAS USED AT NIGHT AT A PT'S HOME IN (B)(6). THE FLOWRATE WAS SET AT 3L/MIN. THE TEMPERATURE AT NIGHT WAS QUITE HIGH (AROUND 30 DEG. C) AND THE BEDROOM WAS VENTILATED (THE WINDOW WAS KEPT OPEN). THE NUVO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE IGNITED BY ITSELF AND THE FIRE STARTED SPREADING IN THE ROOM. BY CHANCE THERE WAS NO CONSEQUENCE FOR THE PT WHO COULD ALERT THE FIREMEN ON TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MARK 5 NUVO GENERATOR, OXYGEN PORTABLE CAW NIDEK MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 500

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK