FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BLOM-SINGER

MDR report key: 6847174 · Received September 6, 2017

Report

Report Number
2025182-2017-00006
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 6, 2017
Date of Event
July 7, 2017
Report Date
September 6, 2017
Manufacturer
FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLC
Product Code
EWL
UDI-DI
00081330701386
PMA / PMN Number
K932120
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE COMPLAINANT INITIALLY REPORTED A COMPLAINT OF LEAKAGE AND THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. A LETTER WAS RECEIVED WITH THE RETURNED DEVICE REPORTING THAT THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A WEEK WITH POSSIBLE PNEUMONIA. FOLLOW-UP WITH THE COMPLAINANT WAS PERFORMED; THE COMPLAINANT BELIEVES THAT THE POSSIBLE PNEUMONIA WAS CAUSED BY THE LEAKAGE OF THE VOICE PROSTHESIS. THE COMPLAINANT DOES NOT KNOW IF THERE WAS A CONFIRMED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMONIA FOR THE PATIENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH A "VERY STRONG ANTIBIOTIC." IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE TREATING PHYSICIAN ADVISED THAT THE PATIENT'S CHEST X-RAY WAS "CLOUDY." FOLLOW-UP WITH THE TREATING PHYSICIAN COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE TREATING PHYSICIAN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
627302 BLOM-SINGER VOICE PROSTHESIS EWL FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLC 0000064938 00081330701386

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization