FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFINIA II GANTRY

MDR report key: 617874 · Received June 28, 2005

Report

Report Number
9613299-2005-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 28, 2005
Date of Event
June 7, 2005
Report Date
June 28, 2005
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS F.I. HAIFA
Product Code
KPS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT'S WRIST WAS BROKEN WHILE UNDER GOING A SCAN USING THE ININIA II. AS PART OF THE STATIC SCAN THE HCP REQUESTED THE PT TO PLACE THEIR OUTSTRETCHED. LEFT ARM ON A TABLE TRAY WHICH HAD BEEN POSITIONED NEXT TO GANTRY IN A POSTED, NO OBSTACLE ZONE. THE SCAN WAS UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON COMPLETION, THE HCP INITIATED GANTRY MOTION IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE PT. DURING ROTATIONAL MOTION, HEAD #1 COLLIDED WITH THE TRAY TABLE CAUSING THE INJURY TO THE PT'S WRIST. THE PSD STOPPED FURTHER ROTATION. THE PT WAS TREATED AT THE HOSP'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INFINIA II GANTRY NUCLEAR MEDICINE KPS GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS F.I. HAIFA ASM001465 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 85 YR Required Intervention