FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

WATERS QUATTRO PREMIER

MDR report key: 2862172 · Received December 5, 2012

Report

Report Number
9616673-2012-00003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 5, 2012
Date of Event
November 9, 2012
Report Date
November 9, 2012
Manufacturer
WATERS CORP.
Product Code
DOP
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BASED ON INFORMATION REPORTED BY THE CUSTOMER, THE INSTRUMENT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN THE MORNING. THERE WERE BURN MARKS ON THE FLOOR, BUT THE LAB SPRINKLERS DID NOT GO OFF. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE ROTARY INTERLOCK SWITCHBOX FROM THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED TO WATERS. A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE SENT WHEN THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THE RETURNED COMPONENT ARE COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE USER REPORTED THAT THEY FOUND THE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN THE MORNING. THE CUSTOMER SAID THE ROTARY INTERLOCK BOX WAS BURNED AND THAT THERE WERE BURN MARKS ON THE FLOOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 WATERS QUATTRO PREMIER DOP MASS SPECTROMETER, CLINICAL USE DOP WATERS CORP. QUATTRO PREMIER NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA