FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNIVERSAL BITE BLOCK

MDR report key: 678045 · Received January 24, 2006

Report

Report Number
MW1037831
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 24, 2006
Date of Event
January 21, 2006
Report Date
January 24, 2006
Manufacturer
B&B MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Product Code
JXL
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE BITE BLOCK USED IN THIS INTUBATED PT HAD CRACKED AND HAD BEEN DISLODGED FROM ITS PROPER POSITION. IT HAD MIGRATED DISTALLY, POSSIBLY TO THE OROPHARYNX. IT WAS COUGHED OUT BY THE PT APPROX ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING EXTUBATION. POTENTIAL FOR ASPIRATION AND CHOKING OR, IF SWALLOWED, INTESTIONAL OBSTRUCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNIVERSAL BITE BLOCK BITE BLOCK JXL B&B MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES 11160 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Other