FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AED PRO

MDR report key: 5338161 · Received December 31, 2015

Report

Report Number
1220908-2015-03365
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 31, 2015
Date of Event
December 8, 2015
Report Date
December 16, 2015
Manufacturer
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Product Code
MKJ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ECG DATA FROM THE EVENT WAS RETURNED AND EVALUATED. EVALUATION FOUND THAT DURING THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE FIRST ANALYSIS EVENT, THE RHYTHM WAS NOT RECOGNIZED DUE TO HIGH AMPLITUDE ARTIFACT. SEGMENTS TWO AND THREE HAD A QRS RATE AS WELL AS A LOW VARIABILITY OF THE QRS WAVEFORM, THEREFORE A "NO SHOCK ADVISED" DETERMINATION WAS RETURNED. THE SECOND ANALYSIS EVENT RECOGNIZED A QRS RATE AS WELL AS LOW VARIABILITY BETWEEN THE QRS WAVEFORMS, WHICH ALSO RETURNED A "NO SHOCK ADVISED" DETERMINATION. THE THIRD ANALYSIS EVENT RECOGNIZED A QRS RATE AS WELL AS A LOW VARIABILTY BETWEEN THE QRS WAVEFORMS AND ONE OF THE THREE SEGMENTS WAS NOT RECOGNIZED DUE TO HIGH AMPLITUDE ARTIFACT (PRIOR TO THIS ANALYSIS, THE PATIENT'S THERAPY CABLE BECAME DISCONNECTED/RECONNECTED WHICH INTRODUCED ARTIFACT INTO THE ANALYSIS). THIS ANALYSIS EVENT ALSO RETURNED A "NO SHOCK ADVISED" DETERMINATION. BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF THE DATA WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE ANALYSIS PROGRAM RESULTS WERE CORRECT FOR THE SPECIFIC ANALYSES IN QUESTION AND THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION WITH THE DEVICE. ANALYSIS OF REPORTS OF THIS TYPE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED AN INCREASE IN TREND.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION HAS NOT RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION AND THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TREAT A PATIENT (AGE & GENDER UNKNOWN) THE DEVICE GAVE A "NO SHOCK ADVISED" PROMPT FOR A RHYTHM CLINICIANS BELIEVED WAS SHOCKABLE. COMPLAINANT DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS ANY ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE PATIENT DUE TO THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
861755 AED PRO DEFIBRILLATOR MKJ ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION AED PRO NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1