FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HEARTSINE SAMARITAN 300P AND PAD PAK

MDR report key: 3002128 · Received February 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004123209-2013-00482
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 11, 2013
Date of Event
January 24, 2010
Report Date
January 21, 2013
Manufacturer
HEARTSINE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD
Product Code
MKJ
PMA / PMN Number
K052465
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PAD DEVICE WAS INSTALLED ON (B)(6) 2009 AND OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY UNTIL (B)(6) 2010. THE PAD-PAK WAS REMOVED ON THIS DAY. ON (B)(6) 2010, A PAD-PAK WAS INSTALLED WITH THE DEVICE PASSING A SELF TEST AND OPERATED TO SPEC UNTIL (B)(6) 2012. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE DEVICE FAILS A WEEKLY SELF TEST DUE TO A LOW BATTERY. ON (B)(6) 2012, A FRESH PAD-PAK IS INSERTED AND THE DEVICE PASSED A SELF TEST. THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEVICE NOT POWERING ON WAS CAUSED BY THE POSITIVE TERMINAL POGO-PIN NOT MAKING CONTACT WITH THE PAD-PAK BECAUSE IT WAS DAMAGED. THE PAD PAK, WHICH CONTAINS THE ELECTRODES AND BATTERIES, IS LABELED FOR SINGLE USE BUT THE SAMARITAN PAD 300 AND 300P DEVICES ARE FOR MULTI-USE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THERE WAS NO PT INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. THIS DEVICE MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE THE DEVICE WOULD NOT POWER-ON AND THERE IS NO STATUS INDICATOR. A DEVICE IN THIS FAULT MODE, IT LEFT UNDETECTED COULD RESULT IN THE FAILURE OF THE DEVICE TO PERFORM AS INTENDED IF REQUIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
60379 HEARTSINE SAMARITAN 300P AND PAD PAK AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR MKJ HEARTSINE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD PAD

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1