FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GLUMA DESENSITIZER

MDR report key: 8174683 · Received December 18, 2018

Report

Report Number
9610902-2018-00006
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 18, 2018
Report Date
December 18, 2018
Manufacturer
KULZER GMBH
Product Code
KLE
PMA / PMN Number
K962812
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE STATE, "PROTECT MUCOUS MEMBRANES BY USING A RUBBER DAM". EVEN THOUGH THIS IS CLEARLY THE RESULT OF USER ERROR, THE TREATING DDS HAD THE PATIENT STOP HIS MEDICATION AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN FOR A WEEK AND HAD HIM UNDER OBSERVATION FOLLOWING ANTIBIOTICS TO PREVENT SUPER INFECTION. KULZER LLC IS REPORTING THIS INCIDENT ON BEHALF OF KULZER, GMBH STATED BY EXEMPTION E2012008: GRANTING PERMISSION FOR THE IMPORTER (KULZER, LLC), TO SUBMIT A SINGLE MDR FOR ADVERSE EVENTS THAT INVOLVE MEDICAL DEVICES MANUFACTURED BY KULZER GMBH AND IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY KULZER, LLC. THIS SINGLE MDR WILL SATISFY THE REPORTING OBLIGATION FOR BOTH FIRMS UNDER 21 CFR PARTS 803.40, 803.42, 803.50(A)(1), 803.50(A)(2) AND 803.52.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

DENTIST HAD A CASE OF PATIENT PRESENTING WITH DENTINE SENSITIVITY AND "RECOMMEND" THE USE OF GLUMA DESENSITIZER. BUT WHILE HANDLING THE GLUMA IN THE ORAL CAVITY THE PATIENT SPREAD THE GLUMA PLACED "THROUGH" HIS TONGUE ALL OVER HIS CHEEK AND PALATE. HE WAS DRINKING LUKEWARM WATER FOR THE PAST DAY AND HAD SLIGHT DISCOMFORT EARLIER. HE REPORTED AFTER 24 HOURS WITH WIDESPREAD FIRM SWELLING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1014964 GLUMA DESENSITIZER DESENSITIZER KLE KULZER GMBH UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention