FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

ATL

MDR report key: 545126 · Received July 15, 2004

Report

Report Number
MW1032742
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 15, 2004
Date of Event
January 1, 2004
Report Date
July 15, 2004
Manufacturer
PHILLIPS
Product Code
ITX
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PHYSICIAN REPORTS MACHINE SHUTTING DOWN DURING USE ON NUMEROUS PTS. THIS UNPREDICTABLE MALFUNCTION JEOPARDIZES PT CARE AND PT HEALTH. THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA AND INCONVENIENCE TO PTS. MACHINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES BUT IS STILL SHUTTING DOWN DURING ASPIRATION AND BIOPSIES. DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE, UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE TO THE RPTR'S PTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ATL ULTRASOUND MACHINE ITX PHILLIPS HDI 1000 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other