FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
840 VENTILATOR SYSTEM
MDR report key: 746289
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Received October 3, 2005
Report
- Report Number
- MW1036823
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- October 3, 2005
- Date of Event
- September 21, 2005
- Report Date
- October 3, 2005
- Manufacturer
- TYCO HEALTHCARE PURITAN BENNETT
- Product Code
- CBK
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Voluntary report
- Reporter Location
- CA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
Narratives
Description of Event or Problem · 1
A PT WAS CONNECTED TO A PURITAN BENNETT 840 VENTILATOR SYSTEM. THE VENTILATOR HAD A CRITICAL FAILURE AT ROUGHLY 0100 HRS ON 9/21/2005. THE VENTILATOR ALARMED AND PRESENTED WITH AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT READ "MONITOR BREATH TIME FAILS." THE PT SURVIVED AND WAS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED. THE MFR -PURITAN BENNETT- WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE ON 9/23/2005. A SERVICE TECH WAS SENT ON SITE. THE ERROR LOGS WERE REVIEWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MODE OF FAILURE WAS A BAD CPU BOARD. THE VENTILATOR IS AWAITING BOARD REPLACEMENT AND WILL THEN BE RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 840 VENTILATOR SYSTEM | VENTILATOR | CBK | TYCO HEALTHCARE PURITAN BENNETT | 840 | NA |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 YR | Life Threatening| R |