FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VISUM LED SURGICAL LIGHT

MDR report key: 2934412 · Received January 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2031963-2013-90006
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 11, 2013
Date of Event
December 19, 2012
Report Date
December 19, 2012
Manufacturer
STRYKER COMMUNICATIONS
Product Code
FSY
PMA / PMN Number
K060802
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INVOLVEMENT, THEREFORE, NO PATIENT DATA EXISTS. THE CAMERA COVER INVOLVED IN THIS REPORT HAS NOT YET BEEN RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THE CATALOG NUMBER PROVIDED IS FOR THE IN-LIGHT CAMERA COVER WHICH IS THE COMPONENT IDENTIFIED AS ALLEGEDLY MALFUNCTIONING. THE GLASS OF THE STERILIZABLE IN-LIGHT CAMERA COVER WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF CRACKING. SAMPLES OF THESE CRACKED CAMERA COVERS FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND VISUALLY EVALUATED ALTHOUGH THE CAMERA COVERS INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETURNED. FURTHERMORE, A STRYKER ENGINEER VISITED A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL EVALUATION REGARDING THE USE, CLEANING, AND STERILIZING OF THE CAMERA COVERS BUT NO CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS REPORTED EVENT CAN BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT AND NO REPORT OF ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES TO THE PATIENT OR CAREGIVER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN IN-LIGHT CAMERA COVER HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF THE GLASS CRACKING. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT REPORTED AND NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE REPORTED. AS FOUR IN-LIGHT CAMERA COVERS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE THIS CONDITION, A SECOND MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE FILED UNDER 2031963-2013-90003, A THIRD MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE FILED UNDER 2031963-2013-90004, AND A FOURTH MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE FILED UNDER 2031963-2013-90005.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
18517 VISUM LED SURGICAL LIGHT FSY STRYKER COMMUNICATIONS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1