FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BVI 9400

MDR report key: 4173568 · Received September 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
4173568
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 19, 2014
Date of Event
April 25, 2014
Report Date
August 22, 2014
Manufacturer
VERATHON
Product Code
IYO
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MI, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REGARDING BVI 9400 BLADDER SCANNER:PATIENT'S BLADDER WAS SCANNED TO ASSESS AMOUNT OF URINE IN BLADDER. THE SCANNER VALUE NOTED WAS 257 ML. THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF URINE MEASURED VIA STRAIGHT CATHETERIZATION WAS 700 ML. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OUR CURRENT BLADDER SCANNER. THE INACCURACY OF THE SCANNER MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR GOOD CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING TO OCCUR AND THUS COULD LEAD TO PATIENT HARM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
582846 BVI 9400 SYSTEM, IMAGING, PULSED ECHO, ULTRASONIC IYO VERATHON BVI9400 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * SUPPLIED FOR THIS REPORT, IT IS A RECURRING| NOT APPLICABLE. NO PATIENT INFORMATION WAS