FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MILLENNIUM VH GANTRY

MDR report key: 538211 · Received March 23, 2004

Report

Report Number
9613299-2004-00003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 23, 2004
Date of Event
March 2, 2004
Report Date
March 23, 2004
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS ISRAEL, FUNCTIONAL IMAGING
Product Code
KPS
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED CONCERNING COLLIMATOR FALL BETWEEN DETECTOR HEADS DURING COLLIMATOR EXCHANGE PROCESS. THE OPERATOR WAS DRIVING THE COLLIMATOR CART WITH VP6 COLLIMATOR MOUNTED ON INTO THE GANTRY TO BE INSTALLED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE PROCESS OF COLLIMATOR EXCHANGE. DURING THE COLLIMATOR EXCHANGE PROCESS PT IS NOT PRESENTED AT THE DETECTOR AREA AND THE OPERATOR IS STANDING AT THE BACK SIDE OF THE CART WHILE THE COLLIMATOR IS LOADED FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE. SYSTEM WAS DAMAGED AT THE DETECTOR AREA BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS HAD BEEN REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MILLENNIUM VH GANTRY NUCLEAR MEDICINE KPS GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS ISRAEL, FUNCTIONAL IMAGING ASM001092 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA