| Model Number |
67SN040 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Unintended Movement (3026)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
11/24/2018
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Event or Problem Description
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Information was received indicating that a patient with a smiths medical portex® bivona® tts¿ (tight-to-shaft) tracheostomy tube was brought to magnetic resonance imaging (mri).It was reported that the patient was grabbing at their throat and the tube had started to come out.Subsequently, the trach was changed out for an mri safe trach and was discarded.The packaging of the tube was noted not to state that the tube was mri "conditional" as the website states it should be.The patient recovered with no adverse effects.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Device evaluation: one smiths medical cadd cassette reservoir was returned for analysis in a used condition.During analysis, functional testing was performed, a syringe was used to infuse water into the assembly (ay) bag and leak was detected in the ay bag specifically located on the top corner near pump tube connection.Based on the evidence, the complaint was confirmed, and the problem source of the reported event was noted t be manufacturing.
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