FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIFEPAK(R) 1000 DEFIBRILLATOR

MDR report key: 3820994 · Received May 20, 2014

Report

Report Number
3015876-2014-00566
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 20, 2014
Date of Event
March 31, 2014
Report Date
April 23, 2014
Manufacturer
PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC
Product Code
MKJ
PMA / PMN Number
K042404
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). PHYSIO-CONTROL EVALUATED THE DEVICE AND VERIFIED THE REPORTED FAILURE. PHYSIO DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FERRITE BEAD FROM AN INTERNAL WIRE HARNESS WHICH WAS PUSHING DOWN ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP, DESIGNATOR U1 FROM THE ANALOG PCB ASSEMBLY. THE EXTRA PRESSURE PUT ON THE IC CHIP LED TO A BROKEN SOLDER JOINT BETWEEN U1 AND THE ANALOG PCB ASSEMBLY. THE CUSTOMER RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER INITIALLY REPORTED THAT THE SERVICE WRENCH ICON WAS ILLUMINATED ON THEIR DEVICE. UPON EVALUATION BY PHYSIO-CONTROL, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE DEVICE LOGGED SEVERAL EVENT CODES AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO DELIVER THE NEGATIVE PORTION OF THE BIPHASIC DEFIBRILLATION SHOCK. THERE WAS NO PATIENT USE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTED FAILURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
299922 LIFEPAK(R) 1000 DEFIBRILLATOR DEFIBRILLATORS, AUTOMATIC, EXTERNAL MKJ PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC 1000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1