FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GYROSTIM

MDR report key: 5650750 · Received March 29, 2016

Report

Report Number
MW5062224
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 29, 2016
Date of Event
November 4, 2014
Report Date
March 29, 2016
Manufacturer
ULTRA THERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Product Code
MHZ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHILE AT (B)(6), WAS INSIDE THE GYROSTIM MACHINE FOR TREATMENT, WHEN THE MACHINE CONTINUOUSLY WENT IN ONE DIRECTION, WHICH WAS NOT PART OF PLAN. WHEN THE DOCTOR ON HAND TOLD THE MACHINE TO STOP, THE MACHINE CRASHED INSTEAD OF GLIDING TO A STOP. NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS GOT WORSE AS DID PROBLEMS WITH FATIGUE AND STAMINA. WAS LAID UP FOR A FEW WEEKS. WAS ALSO LATER TOLD AFTER DOCTOR SPOKE WITH INVENTOR THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SUPPOSEDLY PREVENTED WITH A SHORT PROTOCOL CHECK. I DON'T WANT THIS HAPPENING TO MORE PEOPLE. SUPPOSEDLY, A BUTTON HAD BEEN HALF PRESSED WHICH CAUSED MACHINE TO MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
189768 GYROSTIM MHZ ULTRA THERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 26 YR Disability