FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INNERCOOL RTX

MDR report key: 4173498 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
4173498
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
May 9, 2014
Report Date
September 19, 2014
Manufacturer
PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
NCX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MI, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WITH INNERCOOL THERAPY. DEVICE BECAME ACCIDENTALLY UNPLUGGED THIS AM, PLUGGED BACK IN IMMEDIATELY AND RESET. THEN DEVICE SEEMED TO HAVE A SMALL POWER SURGE, BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF. PATIENT WAS COOLING, AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 TEMP BEGAN TO GO UP TO 37.5 (HIGHEST); MD WAS PAGED, HE THEN CAME UP TO THE UNIT TO ASSESS THE DEVICE. HE WAS INFORMED OF THAT THE DEVICE SEEMED TO STOP COOLING AT SOME POINT, BUT WAS STILL RUNNING. HE THEN TURNED THE CONSOLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT HAS BEEN RUNNING FINE SINCE THEN. THERE WAS ONE MESSAGE WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE SCREENS BEFORE THE MACHINE WAS TURNED OFF THAT SAID "THERAPY COMPLETE" AT 1500.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
582869 INNERCOOL RTX SYSTEM, HYPOTHERMIA, INTRAVENOUS, COOLING NCX PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS 23-05 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR