FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ONCOR IMPRESSION PLUS

MDR report key: 8217930 · Received January 4, 2019

Report

Report Number
3002466018-2018-61191
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 4, 2019
Date of Event
December 13, 2018
Report Date
December 13, 2018
Manufacturer
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Product Code
IYE
PMA / PMN Number
K060226
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

SIEMENS COMPLETED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE COLLISION PROTECTION SYSTEM AT THE CUSTOMER FACILITY HAS BEEN CHECKED. NO MALFUNCTION COULD BE IDENTIFIED. THE FORCE APPLIED FROM ANY DIRECTION IS BELOW THE VALUE SPECIFIED BY THE RISK ASSESSMENT "EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT HAZARD DUE TO COLLISION WITH FPP". THE MOTION STOP WAS NOT SET BECAUSE THE APPLIED FORCE AT THE COLLISION WAS MOST PROBABLY UNDER THE THRESHOLD. THERE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE WEAK COLUMN BRAKES WHICH ALLOWED THE ECCENTRIC TABLE MOVEMENT WITHOUT CAUSING THE MOTION STOP INTERLOCK TO DROP. FURTHER ACTION IS NOT WARRANTED AT THIS TIME.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

EXEMPTION NUMBER E2017019. (B)(4). SIEMENS HAS INITIATED A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT. A ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED TO SIEMENS THAT DURING TREATMENT OF A PATIENT WITH THE ONCOR IMPRESSION PLUS SYSTEM, THE FLAT PANEL POSITIONER (FPP) TOUCHED THE PATIENT TREATMENT TABLE WHILE THE GANTRY WAS ROTATING. THE USER FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE TOUCH-GUARD OF THE FPP IS NOT SENSITIVE ENOUGH AND THE SETTING SENSITIVITY OF THE FPP COLLISION INTERLOCK (IL) IS NOT SUFFICIENT. THE TREATMENT WAS COMPLETED. THIS EVENT DID NOT RESULT IN PATIENT INJURY, HOWEVER, IF THE USER IS NOT AWARE OF THE REPORTED SYSTEM BEHAVIOR AS DESCRIBED IN THE USER MANUAL AND DOES NOT PERFORM A "DRY RUN" PRIOR TO THE TREATMENT OF A PATIENT, COLLISION OF THE SYSTEM WITH THE PATIENT COULD OCCUR AND RESULT IN SEVERE BODILY INJURY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
11142 ONCOR IMPRESSION PLUS ACCELERATOR, LINEAR, MEDICAL IYE SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH 5857912

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1