FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ICY HOT SMART RELIEF TENS BACK PAIN THERAPY

MDR report key: 6805849 · Received August 18, 2017

Report

Report Number
1022556-2017-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 18, 2017
Report Date
August 4, 2017
Manufacturer
CHATTEM
Product Code
NUH
PMA / PMN Number
K131159
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INITIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS UNSOLICITED CASE FROM UNITED STATES WAS RECEIVED ON 04-AUG-2017 FROM PATIENT'S WIFE. THIS CASE INVOLVES A MALE PATIENT OF UNKNOWN AGE, WHO ENDED UP WITH 2 BLISTERS ON HIS BACK AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT WITH SMART RELIEF TENS THERAPY (ICY HOT SMART RELIEF TENS BACK PAIN THERAPY). PAST DRUGS, MEDICAL HISTORY AND CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS WERE NOT REPORTED. ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT STARTED THERAPY WITH SMART RELIEF TENS THERAPY AT AN UNSPECIFIED FREQUENCY (LOT/ BATCH NUMBER AND EXPIRY DATE: UNKNOWN) FOR HURTING BACK. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT USED SMART RELIEF TENS THERAPY FOR A BIT THAT DAY ((B)(6) 2017) AND HE ENDED UP WITH 2 BLISTERS ON HIS BACK (ONSET DATE AND LATENCY: UNKNOWN). ACTION TAKEN: UNKNOWN. CORRECTIVE TREATMENT: NOT REPORTED. EVENT OUTCOME: UNKNOWN. SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA: IMPORTANT MEDICAL EVENT. QA REVIEW FINDINGS: ALL RETAINS ARE EXAMINED FOR CORRECT PACKAGING, SEAL, MISSING COMPONENTS, WORKING CONTROL UNIT, LEGIBILITY OF LOT NUMBERS /EXPIRATION DATE, CORRECT LABEL AND FOREIGN MATTER. NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMPLAINT. DEVICE RETURN IS EXPECTED; IF/WHEN IT IS RETURNED FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAY BE PERFORMED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT ON 07-AUG-2017: QA REVIEW FINDINGS WERE ADDED. TEXT UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INITIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS UNSOLICITED CASE FROM UNITED STATES WAS RECEIVED ON (B)(6)2017 FROM PATIENT'S WIFE. THIS CASE INVOLVES A MALE PATIENT OF UNKNOWN AGE, WHO ENDED UP WITH 2 BLISTERS ON HIS BACK AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT WITH SMART RELIEF TENS THERAPY (ICY HOT SMART RELIEF TENS BACK PAIN THERAPY). PAST DRUGS, MEDICAL HISTORY AND CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS WERE NOT REPORTED. ON (B)(6)2017, THE PATIENT STARTED THERAPY WITH SMART RELIEF TENS THERAPY AT AN UNSPECIFIED FREQUENCY (LOT/ BATCH NUMBER AND EXPIRY DATE: UNKNOWN) FOR HURTING BACK. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT USED SMART RELIEF TENS THERAPY FOR A BIT THAT DAY ((B)(6)2017) AND HE ENDED UP WITH 2 BLISTERS ON HIS BACK (ONSET DATE AND LATENCY: UNKNOWN). ACTION TAKEN: UNKNOWN. CORRECTIVE TREATMENT: NOT REPORTED. EVENT OUTCOME: UNKNOWN. SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA: IMPORTANT MEDICAL EVENT: A PRODUCT TECHNICAL COMPLAINT (PTC) WAS INITIATED WITH LOCAL PTC NUMBER: (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
584975 ICY HOT SMART RELIEF TENS BACK PAIN THERAPY TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATOR NUH CHATTEM UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other