FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIFEPAK(R) 20 DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITOR

MDR report key: 3200248 · Received July 1, 2013

Report

Report Number
3015876-2013-00563
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 1, 2013
Date of Event
May 24, 2013
Report Date
June 5, 2013
Manufacturer
PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC
Product Code
LDD
PMA / PMN Number
K063119
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): PHYSIO-CONTROL EXAMINED THE CUSTOMER'S DEVICE AND VERIFIED THE REPORTED FAILURE. PHYSIO REPLACED BOTH THE SYSTEM CONTROLLER (SC) AND USER INTERFACE (UI) PCB ASSEMBLIES AS WELL AS THE UI TO STACK FLEX ASSEMBLY WHICH RESOLVED THE REPORTED FAILURE. AFTER OBSERVING PROPER DEVICE OPERATION THROUGH FUNCTIONAL AND PERFORMANCE TESTING THE UNIT WAS RETURNED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR USE.PHYSIO-CONTROL FURTHER EXAMINED THE REMOVED SC AND UI PCB ASSEMBLIES, AS WELL AS THE UI TO STACK FLEX ASSEMBLY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE REPORTED LOCK-UP FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER CONTACTED PHYSIO-CONTROL TO REPORT THAT THEIR DEVICE HAD A SERVICE INDICATOR PRESENT AND WOULD NO LONGER KEEP THE CORRECT DATE AND TIME. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE DEVICE, PHYSIO-CONTROL OBSERVED THAT THE UNIT HAD A WHITE DISPLAY WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF A DEVICE LOCK-UP; THEREFORE DEFIBRILLATION WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT USE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTED EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
299295 LIFEPAK(R) 20 DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITOR DC-DEFIBRILLATOR, LOW-ENERGY, (INCLUDING PADDLES) LDD PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC 20

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1