FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SYSTEM B HEAT SOURCE

MDR report key: 3222655 · Received July 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
2016150-2013-00071
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 12, 2013
Report Date
June 13, 2013
Manufacturer
SYBRONENDO
Product Code
EAT
PMA / PMN Number
K970715
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A VISUAL AND PHYSICAL EVALUATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE REVEALED THAT A SPRING WAS BENT ON THE DEVICE, CAUSING CONSTANT HEATING.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED THAT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION OR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS REQUIRED. THE DOCTOR ICED HIS HAND FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND THE BURN HEALED ON ITS OWN AFTER A FEW DAYS. A DEVICE EVALUATION IS ANTICIPATED, BUT HAS NOT YET BEGUN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A DOCTOR ALLEGED THAT THE SYSTEM B HEAT SOURCE DEVICE CONTINUED TO HEAT AFTER BEING UNPLUGGED AND THE DOCTOR HAD BURNED THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE TIP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
324617 SYSTEM B HEAT SOURCE PULP TESTER EAT SYBRONENDO 15-1908

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other