FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DEMI

MDR report key: 3830571 · Received May 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
2024312-2014-00292
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 23, 2014
Report Date
April 29, 2014
Manufacturer
KERR CORPORATION
Product Code
EBZ
PMA / PMN Number
K071251
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALTHOUGH THE DOCTOR HAD IDENTIFIED TWO (2) DEMI LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RED WELTS, SHE COULD NOT VERIFY WHICH SERIAL NUMBER WAS USED ON THE PATIENT; THEREFORE, NO SERIAL NUMBERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THIS REPORT. THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE LIGHTS INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED INCIDENT INCLUDED SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(4). THE PATIENT HAD EXPERIENCED A RED WELT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER LIP AFTER A RESTORATION WAS LIGHT CURED FOR TWENTY (20) SECONDS. THE DOCTOR PROVIDED NEOSPORIN AND MEDERMA TO THE PATIENT FOR TREATMENT. THE DOCTOR REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS DOING FINE AT THIS TIME; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT DID NOT USE THE PROVIDED MEDERMA MEDICATION UNTIL APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) WEEK AFTER THE INJURY HAD OCCURRED. FOR THIS REASON, THE PATIENT HAS SOME HYPERPIGMENTATION PRESENT AT THE SITE OF THE INJURY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER MOUTH. THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED; THEREFORE, NO EVALUATION CAN BE CONDUCTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A DOCTOR ALLEGED THAT THREE (3) PATIENTS HAD EXPERIENCED A RED WELT ON THE SIDE OF THEIR LIP AFTER THE DOCTOR HAD LIGHT CURED RESTORATIONS USING THE DEMI CURING LIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE (3) REPORTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
308161 DEMI ACTIVATOR,ULTRAVIOLET,FORPOLYMERIZATION EBZ KERR CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 20 YR Other| R