FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

840 VENTILATOR SYSTEM

MDR report key: 746289 · 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