FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

AVANT 2120

MDR report key: 407952 · Received July 29, 2002

Report

Report Number
2183646-2002-00002
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 29, 2002
Manufacturer
NONIN MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
DQA
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE AVANT 2120 OXIMETER (CATALOG NUMBER 1217) WAS ERRONEOUSLY LABELED AS DEFIBRILLATOR PROOF AT THE TIME OF ITS RELEASE. INITIAL TESTING HAD SHOWN THE OXIMETERS NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE (NIBP) MODULE WAS DEFIBRILLATOR PROOF AND THIS PROOF WAS THOUGHT TO EXTEND TO THE OXIMETRY FUNCTIONS AS WELL. SUBSEQUENT TESTING HAD SHOWN THE OXIMETRY WAS DEFIBRILLATOR PROOF IF UTILIZED WITH THE SENSORS PROVIDED. HOWEVER, OTHER NONIN OR OEM SENSORS WHICH MIGHT BE UTILIZED, MAY NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT DIELECTRIC STRENGTH TO PRECLUDE THE DEFIBRILLATOR CHARGE FROM PASSING TO THE OXIMETRY CIRCUIT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AVANT 2120 OXIMETRY AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR DQA NONIN MEDICAL, INC. AVANT 2120 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *