FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BVI 9400

MDR report key: 4146509 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
4146509
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
April 21, 2014
Report Date
August 19, 2014
Manufacturer
VERATHON INC.
Product Code
IYO
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MI, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD UROLOGY PROCEDURE AND WAS UNABLE TO VOID IN PACU. BLADDER SCAN WAS DONE AND THE READING WAS 480 ML. PATIENT WAS ISC'D (INTERNAL STRAIGHT CATH) FOR 800 ML URINE IN BLADDER. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR PATIENT HARM WHEN THE DEVICE IS SO INACCURATE.FEEDBACK FROM CLINICAL USER, CONCERNS ABOUT "...BASING CLINICAL DECISIONS ON THE VALUES GIVEN BY THE SCANNER (I.E., WHETHER OR NOT TO CATHETERIZE A PATIENT BASED ON THE VOLUME OF URINE IN THE BLADDER, AS INDICATED BY THE SCANNER)."MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR BLADDER SCANNER, BVI 9400 BLADDER SCANNER (PER SITE REPORTER).======================CALIBRATION WAS CHECKED AND FOUND WITHIN PARAMETERS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
582871 BVI 9400 SYSTEM, IMAGING, PULSED ECHO, ULTRASONIC IYO VERATHON INC. BVI 9400 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR