FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM

MDR report key: 6081287 · Received November 7, 2016

Report

Report Number
1723170-2016-04128
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 7, 2016
Date of Event
January 19, 2016
Report Date
February 6, 2018
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LITTLETON)
Product Code
OXO
PMA / PMN Number
K050996
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PATIENT INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE FROM THE SITE. A SITE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT DURING A CASE 2D IMAGES WERE TAKEN, AND BLACK AND WHITE LINES WERE OBSERVED ON THE IMAGES WHICH RESULTED IN THE SITE BEING UNABLE TO SEE THE ANATOMY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT IMPACT REPORTED AND THE DELAY IN SURGERY WAS LESS THAN AN HOUR. SURGERY PROCEEDED AS PLANNED. AN ONSITE INSPECTION WAS SCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. DURING THE ONSITE INSPECTION, THE REPORTED ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED. USERS WOULD GET BLACK AND WHITE HORIZONTAL LINES WHEN SHOOTING 2D SHOTS. THIS WAS INTERMITTENT AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REBOOT AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE PAXSCAN. THE MEDTRONIC REPRESENTATIVE REPLACED THE PAXSCAN COMPUTER. A SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM CHECKOUT WAS PERFORMED WHICH VERIFIED THAT THE ISSUE HAD BEEN RESOLVED. THE REPLACED COMPUTER WAS SENT TO THE MANUFACTURE FOR PART ANALYSIS. DURING PART ANALYSIS, THERE WAS A CONFIRMED ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON THE COMPUTER. THIS EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED DURING A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW AS DISCUSSED WITH THE FDA (B)(4) OFFICE ON (B)(6) 2016 VIA MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. RESPONSE TO (B)(6) 2016 (B)(4). THIS REVIEW WAS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF RECENT CHANGES/IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT (MDR) REVIEW PROCESS AND IS FOR NON-ADVERSE EVENT REPORTABLE MALFUNCTIONS WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. SIMILAR MALFUNCTIONS THAT HAD RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS OF SURGERY OR REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION HAD BEEN REPORTED AS MDR SERIOUS INJURIES. BASED ON THIS (B)(4) OBSERVATION, THE REPORTING DETERMINATION HAS BEEN REVISED TO CONSIDER THESE MALFUNCTION EVENTS REPORTABLE. THIS PROCESS CHANGE RESULTED IN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MDRS FILED BY MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC., SINCE (B)(6) 2016. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS INCREASE IS NOT THE RESULT OF THE DISCOVERY OF NEW PRODUCT PROBLEMS, BUT RATHER THE RESULT OF A BROADER INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE REGULATIONS WITHIN OUR PROCESSES.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SITE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT DURING A CASE 2D IMAGES WERE TAKEN, AND BLACK AND WHITE LINES WERE OBSERVED ON THE IMAGES WHICH RESULTED IN THE SITE BEING UNABLE TO SEE THE ANATOMY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT IMPACT REPORTED AND THE DELAY IN SURGERY WAS LESS THAN AN HOUR. SURGERY PROCEEDED AS PLANNED. AN ONSITE INSPECTION WAS SCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
732573 O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM IMAGE-INTENSIFIED FLUOROSCOPIC X-RAY SYSTEM, MOBILE OXO MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LITTLETON) BI-700-00027-120

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1