FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

E500 VENTILATOR

MDR report key: 5824046 · Received July 26, 2016

Report

Report Number
2023050-2016-00437
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 26, 2016
Date of Event
May 26, 2016
Report Date
June 28, 2016
Manufacturer
NEWPORT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC
Product Code
CBK
PMA / PMN Number
K061094
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

COVIDIEN REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4). MEDTRONIC WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO EVALUATE/SERVICE THE DEVICE. THE REPORTED COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED AND THE REPAIR COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. A NON-MEDTRONIC SERVICE PROVIDER CALIBRATED THE GDM BUT COULD NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE DEVICE WAS CONTINUOUSLY RUN FOR 72 HOURS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE GAS DELIVERY UNIT (GDU) TO CPM CABLE CONNECTOR WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED, WHEN THE CABLE WAS SHAKEN, THE FAILURE WAS GENERATED. VENTILATION CONTINUED BUT THE CPM TURNED OFF, THE DEVICE ALERT INDICATOR LIT, THE MONITOR FAILED AND THE COMM ERROR GENERATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING PATIENT USE A VENTILATOR GENERATED A NON-SILENCABLE COMM ERROR, THE CONTROL PANEL MODULE (CPM) SHUT OFF AND THE GRAPHICS DISPLAY MONITOR (GDM) HAD VERTICAL LINES AND NOISE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM/INJURY REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
474899 E500 VENTILATOR CONTINUOUS VENTILATOR CBK NEWPORT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC GDU1810

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention