O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM
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
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.
(B)(6).
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 |