FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE - AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

MDR report key: 2998985 · Received February 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
9611710-2013-00137
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 21, 2013
Date of Event
January 25, 2013
Report Date
January 25, 2013
Manufacturer
UNOMEDICAL SDN BHD
Product Code
BTR
PMA / PMN Number
K080821
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COMPLAINT RECEIVED AS FOLLOWS; "FACILITY HAS HAD AN ISSUE WHERE THE CUFF OF THE ET TUBE HAS BURST AND PT HAD TO BE REINTUBATED." THE EVAL WAS CONDUCTED BY CUSTOMER KCC, FOUND THE CUFF HAD BUST RADIALLY, CERTALLY BETWEEN THE PROXIMAL AND DISTAL CUFF COLLARS. CAUSE OF THE BURST WAS NOT PROVIDED TO DETERMINED. BASED ON AVAILABLE INFO, OUR MEDICAL DETERMINATION IS THAT THIS MALFUNCTION IS SERIOUS: BECAUSE THE REPORT MENTIONED THAT THE PT REQUIRED RE-INTUBATION PULLED PT AT RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS. (B)(4). NOTE: THE ACTUAL DATE OF EVENT IS UNK, SO THE DATE USED WAS THE DATE WE BECAME AWARE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
75289 ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE - AIRWAY MANAGEMENT TUBE, TRACHEAL BTR UNOMEDICAL SDN BHD 35216 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention