O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM
Report
- Report Number
- 1723170-2016-04079
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- November 16, 2016
- Date of Event
- November 24, 2015
- Report Date
- November 16, 2016
- Manufacturer
- MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LITTLETON)
- Product Code
- OXO
- PMA / PMN Number
- K050996
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- FL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
Narratives
NO PATIENT INFORMATION PROVIDED AS NO PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS CONCERN. A MEDTRONIC REPRESENTATIVE WENT TO THE SITE TO TEST THE EQUIPMENT. FOUND THAT COLYX WOULD CLOSE BUT NOT OPEN. REPLACED COLLIMATOR AND ROTOR MOTION CONTROLLER. THE IMAGING SYSTEM THEN PASSED THE SYSTEM CHECKOUT AND WAS FOUND TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. ISSUE RESOLVED WITH PART REPLACEMENT. THE COLLIMATOR WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANALYSIS. INVESTIGATION UNABLE TO CONFIRM REPORTED PROBLEM "ERROR INITIALIZING COLLIMATOR. COULD NOT MOVE COLX WHEN HAVING MOTION CONTROLLER AT RUN LEVEL =8." IT WAS NOTED THE SHIPPING BRACKETS WERE NOT INSTALLED. INSTALLED COLLIMATOR ON HEUSTIS FIXTURE AND IT COMPLETED BENCH TESTING SUCCESSFULLY. INSTALLED COLLIMATOR ON IMAGING SYSTEM AND IT OPERATED AS EXPECTED. NO INITIALIZATION OR MOVEMENT ERRORS. NO FAULT FOUND. THE HARDWARE INVESTIGATION OF THE ROTOR MOTION CONTROLLER WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM REPORTED PROBLEM "ERROR INITIALIZING COLLIMATOR. COULD NOT MOVE COLX WHEN CONTROLLER WAS SET AT RUN LEVEL =8." INSTALLED MOTION CONTROLLER IN IMAGING SYSTEM AT THE SAME TIME AS ASSOCIATED COLLIMATOR AND THE START UP, INCLUDING INITIALIZATION OF THE COLLIMATOR WAS NORMAL. SEVERAL POWER CYCLES, INVALIDATING HOME, AND MOTION CALIBRATIONS PERFORMED OVER 3 DAYS OF USE, AND NO ERRORS WERE OBSERVED. NO FAULT FOUND. THIS EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED DURING A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW AS DISCUSSED WITH THE FDA (B)(6) ON APRIL 7, 2016 VIA MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. RESPONSE TO 3/17/2016 FDA-483 FEI: 3004785967. 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 483 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 APRIL 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.
A BIOMED SITE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT HE RECEIVED THE ERROR: INITIALING COLLIMATOR FROM THE IMAGING SYSTEM. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING HE TURNED OFF THE SYSTEM, UNPLUGGED UMBILICAL CORD, TURNED THE SYSTEM BACK ON, AND PLUGGED IN THE UMBILICAL CORD. THE ISSUE HAS PERSISTED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT PRESENT WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 758715 | 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 |