FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

HUT EXT DR FINAL ASSY-REVERSE

MDR report key: 5018869 · Received August 20, 2015

Report

Report Number
1518293-2015-00079
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 20, 2015
Date of Event
July 31, 2015
Report Date
July 31, 2015
Manufacturer
LIEBEL FLARSHEIM
Product Code
IXR
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ID, US
Reporter Occupation
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

TECH SUPPORT SPOKE WITH THE CUSTOMER WHO SAID THE OPERATORS COULD NOT GET THE INFIMED I5 TO OPERATE AND HAD TO MOVE THE PATIENT TO A C-ARM TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THE INFIMED WAS DISPLAYING THE MESSAGE - GIM COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE AND THE KEYBOARD/MOUSE WAS LOCKED UP. TECH SERVICE HAD OPERATOR CYCLE THE POWER TO THE GIM BOX BY PHYSICALLY UNPLUGGING/PLUGGING IT BACK IN AND THEN CYCLING POWER ON THE I5 TOWER. ON POWER UP, EVERYTHING WAS NOW WITHOUT ISSUE AND OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO OPEN UP A PATIENT AND PERFORM X-RAY. ALL OF THIS INDICATES THAT THE ORIGINAL ISSUE WAS MOST LIKELY A GIM BOX COMMUNICATIONS ISSUE AND THIS ISSUE WAS CORRECTED BY CYCLING POWER AT THE GIM. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO OTHER REPORTED ISSUES WITH THIS SYSTEM.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTS THE FLUORO FAILED DURING A STENT PLACEMENT WITH A GIM COMMUNICATION ERROR. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ROOM AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A C-ARM. NO REPORTED INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
552204 HUT EXT DR FINAL ASSY-REVERSE HUT EXT DR FINAL ASSY-REVERSE IXR LIEBEL FLARSHEIM HUT EXT DR FINAL ASSY-REVERSE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1