Philips received a complaint on an unknown patient monitoring bedside monitor indicating that the non-invasive blood pressure (nibp) cuff caused a bicep tendon rupture in (b)(6) 2022.A good faith effort (gfe) was performed to attempt to obtain the product number and/or serial number of the bedside monitor, but no additional details were provided.The customer advised that due to the time lapse between when the patient was in the hospital and when the issue was brought to their attention, the hospital could not determine what equipment was used on the patient.There is insufficient information to complete a full investigation into the issue, as the model number of the bedside monitor was not provided.Since it was determined that the nibp cuffs used at the time of the incident were medline cuffs, it is not possible to verify if these are validated cuffs, as it is unknown which bedside monitor was being used at the time of the incident.It was recommended to only use philips approved accessories.Product and 501k information is not available after several good faith effort attempts were made.If information is made available supplemental report will be sent.H3 other text : product/serial number not provided.
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