FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

DEFIBRILLATOR

MDR report key: 32415 · Received April 29, 1996

Report

Report Number
MW4001164
Date Received
April 29, 1996
Date of Event
January 1, 1994
Report Date
February 26, 1996
Manufacturer
MARQUETTE ELECTRONICS, INC.
Product Code
LDD
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ACCORDING TO CORRESPONDENCE FORWARDED BY RPTR, COMPLAINANTS' MEDICS COMPLAIN ALMOST DAILY IN REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF ARTIFACT THEY ARE SEEING. MOST RECENTLY THEY HAVE HAD TWO CPR SITUATIONS THAT BATTERIES HAVE GONE DEAD, AND MEDICS HAD TO TAKE THE TIME TO REPLACE THEM. COMPLAINANT IS RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM PERSONNEL WHO FEEL THAT THEY ARE ASSUMING A GREAT DEAL OF LIABILITY, USING EQUIPMENT THEY KNOW IS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH. PERSONNEL C/O A PROBLEM WITH THE ECG SIZE BUTTON. WHEN IT IS PUSHED THE RESPONSES ARE INAPPROPRIATE. RPTR ALSO FORWARDED CORRESPONDENCE INDICATING MFR'S RESPONSE TO THEIR COMPLAINTS HAS BEEN INADEQUATE. (*)

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEFIBRILLATOR DEFIBRILLATOR LDD MARQUETTE ELECTRONICS, INC. 1500

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NO INFO