FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PURELY YOURS

MDR report key: 6223312 · Received January 4, 2017

Report

Report Number
3009974348-2017-00241
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 4, 2017
Date of Event
December 7, 2016
Report Date
December 7, 2016
Manufacturer
AMEDA, INC.
Product Code
HGX
PMA / PMN Number
K973501
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT BATTERIES WERE INSTALLED BACKWARDS IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. ADDITIONAL TESTING CONFIRMED THAT BATTERIES MAY LEAK WHEN THE BATTERIES ARE PLACED INCORRECTLY, WITH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE END REVERSED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER CONTACTED AMEDA, INC. ON (B)(6) 2016 TO REPORT BATTERY FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BASE OF THE PURELY YOURS BREAST PUMP SHE USED THAT MORNING ON BATTERY POWER. SHE STATES THAT THE PUMP BEGAN SOUNDING WEAK AND SLOWING UP. SHE STOPPED PUMPING, OPENED THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT AND FOUND LEAKING BLACK FLUID COMING FROM THE BATTERIES IN BASE. SOME FLUID LEAKED ONTO HER RIGHT LEG, STAINED HER PANTS AND BURNED HER THIGH. CUSTOMER WASHED HER RIGHT THIGH WITH COOL WATER AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. SHE DESCRIBED THE BURN AS A RED SPOT THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR AND SKIN INTACT WITHOUT BLISTERS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
6900 PURELY YOURS ELECTRIC BREAST PUMP HGX AMEDA, INC. 24502082

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 23 YR Other