FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

THE VIEWING WAND

MDR report key: 34354 · Received July 17, 1996

Report

Report Number
1037831-1996-00007
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 17, 1996
Date of Event
June 26, 1996
Report Date
July 15, 1996
Manufacturer
ISG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
LLZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHILE USING THE VIEWING WAND, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TRAJECTORY AND PERPENDICULAR VIEWS DO NOT UPDATE PROPERLY WHILE THE SOFTWARE IS IN THE FROZEN MODE. AFTER THE SURGEON DEFINES THE TRAJECTORY WHILE IN THE ACTIVE MODE, THE SCREEN IS THEN FROZEN. THE OPERATOR CLICKS ON THE TARGET TO DETERMINE THE DISTANCE FROM THE TIP OF THE PROBE TO THE FROZEN POINT. IN THIS INSTANCE, BOTH THE IMAGE TRAY AND THE NUMERICAL DISTANCE VALUE APPEAR TO BE TWICE THE VALUE OF THE INITIAL CHOSEN ANATOMICAL POINT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 THE VIEWING WAND INTERACTIVE IMAGE-GUIDED SYSTEM LLZ ISG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. VERSION 2.04 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Other