FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

FONAR 360

MDR report key: 3873727 · Received February 6, 2014

Report

Report Number
2432211-2014-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 6, 2014
Date of Event
January 8, 2014
Report Date
February 6, 2014
Manufacturer
FONAR CORP.
Product Code
LNH
PMA / PMN Number
K994287
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PATIENT DESCRIBED HEADACHE AND SHOULDER PAIN. PATIENT WAS SEEN BY THE DUTY DOCTOR AT THE TIME AND WAS DECLARED FIT TO GO HOME. PATIENT CONTACTED ON (B)(6) 2014 FOR AN UPDATE AND HER SYMPTOMS HAD RESOLVED. TWO STAFF MEMBERS WERE ALSO AFFECTED. FIRST, THE RADIOGRAPHER, WHO IS OFF SICK DUE TO A MUSCLE INJURY DIRECTLY RESULTING FROM TAKING THE MAJORITY OF THE WEIGHT OF THE TABLE AND PATIENT (APPROXIMATELY (B)(6) KG). SECOND, A CLINICAL SUPPORT WORKER HAD INITIAL COMPLAINTS OF HIP AND BACK PAIN BUT HAS SINCE RETURNED TO WORK. REFERENCE NO.: (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHILE MOVING THE BED OUT TO UNLOAD A PATIENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SCAN, ONE OF THE RAILS OF THE PORTABLE HORIZONTAL FOUR-LEGGED PATIENT TABLE DETACHED AND ONE SIDE OF THE BED, WHICH WAS NO LONGER SUPPORTED, FELL TO THE FLOOR WITH THE PATIENT. THE RADIOGRAPHER TRIED TO SUPPORT THE BED TO LESSEN THE FORCE OF THE FALL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
77527 FONAR 360 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER LNH FONAR CORP. FONAR 360 0.6 TESLA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other