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The customer reported receiving a medline bp monitor that has a burning smell/wont turn on, and there was no reported death or serious injury associated with this event.Medline received 1ea device under the description of "bp monitor burning smell, wont turn on," and upon initial inspection of the device in the battery compartment there are visible signs of corrosion on the metal connection pieces as well and a burn mark on the plastic.The complaint is confirmed; the current root cause of the defect is unknown, and the complaint was forwarded to the vendor for further investigation on retain samples of the same lot.No trends were identified for the specified material number and its corresponding defect type, and there has been no change to the reportability decision associated with this complaint.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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