FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

T-MAX II, SHOULDER EXPOSURE POSITIONER

MDR report key: 4199396 · Received October 24, 2014

Report

Report Number
1643264-2014-00028
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 24, 2014
Date of Event
September 26, 2014
Report Date
September 29, 2014
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Product Code
FWZ
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY TECHNICIAN/REPRESENTATIVE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CUSTOMER INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO PRODUCT/DEVICE TO BE RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION ANALYSIS. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THIS AS A USER ERROR, BECAUSE THE TABLE WAS NOT PROPERLY LOCKED OFF. DURING AN ARTHROSCOPIC SUB-ACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION (ASAD) PROCEDURE USING A T-MAX II, SHOULDER EXPOSURE POSITIONER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN SETTING THE PATIENT UP ON T-MAX TABLE, THE ATTACHMENT SLIPPED BACK CAUSING THE PATIENT TO FALL BACK, BENDING THE BAR ON THE INTUBATION TREE. THE PROCEDURE WAS ABORTED AND THE PATIENT WAS SENT TO RECOVERY; AT WHICH TIME, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF HEAD AND NECK PAIN AND HAD UNKNOWN TESTS ADMINISTERED. THE PATIENT¿S CURRENT CONDITION IS REPORTED AS OKAY AND IS AT HOME GETTING BETTER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
679830 T-MAX II, SHOULDER EXPOSURE POSITIONER T-MAX II FWZ SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 7210551

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other