FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 850665 · Received May 4, 2007

Report

Report Number
850665
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 4, 2007
Date of Event
April 29, 2007
Report Date
May 3, 2007
Manufacturer
RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
LNH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
NC, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MRI STAFF REPORTED THAT INPATIENT WAS SITUATED ON TABLE W/6 LITERS OXYGEN. PATIENT WAS CALM AND TALKING. A 20SEC SCOUT WAS COMPLETED AND FOLLOWED BY A 3MIN 11SEC SCAN. FAN WAS ON LOW. MRI TECH NOTICED THAT PATIENT SEEMED AGITATED. SHE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED SCAN, WENT INTO ROOM AND SAW A SMALL AMOUNT OF CIRCLING SMOKE INSIDE SCANNER BORE. PULLED PATIENT OUT, RIPPED OFF BLANKET AND GOWN. WHEN GOWN WAS PULLED, A SMALL OBJECT FELL OUT. IT APPEARED TO BE A WATCH OR HEARING AID BATTERY. THE GOWN AND BLANKET WERE SCORCHED AROUND THE NECK AREA. THE PATIENT HAD A BURN/RED AREA OF SKIN (QUARTER SIZE)AT THE STERNAL NOTCH AREA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 * MRI, HEADSET, AUDIO LNH RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. RTC2K *
2 MAGNETOM MAESTRO IMAGING SYSTEM, MRI LNH SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. * *
3 * TRANSDUCER LNH RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. XAA-RTC2K *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Hospitalization| R OTHER