FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
SIEMENS CHARGER
MDR report key: 3766031
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Received December 19, 2013
Report
- Report Number
- 3005019184-2013-00025
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- December 19, 2013
- Date of Event
- April 7, 2010
- Report Date
- December 18, 2013
- Manufacturer
- SIEMENS HEARING INSTRUMENTS, INC.
- Product Code
- ESD
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- MN, US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1
THIS REPORT WAS FILED LATE BECAUSE THE INCIDENT WAS INCORRECTLY CLASSIFIED AS NOT MDR REPORTABLE. A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS, HOWEVER IDENTIFIED THIS INCIDENT AS MDR REPORTABLE. INVESTIGATION AND CONCLUSION: INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE EUROPEAN POWER ADAPTER CONTACT PIN AND CASE WERE BROKEN. THE DEFECT WAS REPRODUCIBLE AND THE EUROPEAN POWER ADAPTER DID NOT MEET SPECIFICATION. POWER ADAPTER SUPPLIER NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE EUROPEAN POWER SUPPLY ADAPTER IS NOT USED IN THE U.S.
Description of Event or Problem · 1
(B)(6) INCIDENT WHERE THE POWER ADAPTER PINS SEPARATED FORM THE POWER ADAPTER WHEN THE PATIENT WAS REMOVING THE HEARING AID BATTERY CHARGER EUROPEAN POWER ADAPTER PLUG FROM THE WALL.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 667417 | SIEMENS CHARGER | HEARING AID CHARGER | ESD | SIEMENS HEARING INSTRUMENTS, INC. |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |