FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

NEUROTHERM DISPOSABLE GROUNDING PAD

MDR report key: 3760714 · Received April 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
1226344-2014-00001
Date Received
April 9, 2014
Date of Event
March 12, 2014
Report Date
March 12, 2014
Manufacturer
NEUROTHERM, INC.
Product Code
GXD
PMA / PMN Number
K052878
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE GROUNDING PAD UNDERWENT VISUAL, PERFORMANCE, AND MECHANICAL/PHYSICAL TESTING UPON RETURN ((B)(6) 2014) AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND. CUSTOMER STATES THE INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF PAD. NO PICTURES OF THE BURN AREA OR ANY IMPEDANCE INFORMATION WERE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. NO PT TREATMENT WAS NEEDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2014, DOCTOR PERFORMED A 3 LEVEL RF WITH NT2000 UNIT S/N (B)(4). CANNULA IN USE SL-C1010-18 S/N (B)(4). PAD PLACED ON THE RIGHT FLANK OF PT. DOCTOR HAD JUST BEGUN FIRST LESIONING, WHEN AT APPROX 60 DEGREES CELSIUS THE PT COMPLAINED THAT IT HURT. PROCEDURE IMMEDIATELY HALTED AND PADS REMOVED. PT HAS TWO SUNBURN-TYPE BURNS. FIRST IN APPROX 1.25 INCHES BY 1.5 INCHES WITH 2 BALL POINT PEN MARK BUBBLES. SECOND IS ROUGHLY 2 INCHES BY 3.25 INCHES WITH 3 BALL POINT PEN MARK BUBBLES. ICE WAS IMMEDIATELY APPLIED TO THE AREAS AND DOCTOR ADVISED PT TO APPLY TOPICAL CREAM. UPON DISCHARGE OF PT, PT WAS PAIN FREE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
213290 NEUROTHERM DISPOSABLE GROUNDING PAD DISPOSABLE GROUNDING PAD GXD NEUROTHERM, INC. RF-DGP-S 20130920

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other