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Notificaciones De Seguridad De Campo acerca de Capnostream™20 and Capnostream™20p patient monitors

Según Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), este evento ( notificaciones de seguridad de campo ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Slovenia que fue producido por Medtronic.

¿Qué es esto?

Las notificaciones de seguridad de campo son comunicaciones sobre acciones que se pueden estar tomando en relación con un producto que se encuentra en el mercado, enviadas por los fabricantes de dispositivos médicos o sus representantes. Estas notificaciones son principalmente para trabajadores de la salud, pero también para usuarios. Pueden incluir alertas y retiro de equipos.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Field Safety Notice
  • Fecha
    2016-04-25
  • País del evento
    Slovenia
  • Fuente del evento
    AMPMDRS
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Slovenia.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    The purpose of this letter is to advise you that covidien respiratory and monitoring solutions, now a part of medtronic, is issuing a field safety corrective action (fsca) for the battery pack used in oridion labeled capnostream™20 and capnostream™20p patient monitors. the scope of this fsca includes battery packs that were manufactured between april 2014 and february 2016. the fsca includes battery packs included with the monitors and spare replacement parts purchased separate from the monitor. this fsca is due to a supplier defect in battery manufacturing that may increase the risk of thermal damage to the battery pack. medtronic has received seven reports of thermal damage out of 9,817 battery packs. of these seven reports, one involved a fire resulting in smoke inhalation and minor burns. .

Device

Capnostream™20 and Capnostream™20p patient monitors

Manufacturer

Medtronic
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Medtronic plc
  • Comentario del fabricante
    “If our surveillance systems identify a potential performance issue, our personnel promptly evaluate the problem, including, when appropriate, conducting root cause investigations and internal testing to assess whether the product continues to meet specifications and defined performance criteria,” Medtronic told ICIJ in a statement. “In some cases, based on this evaluation, Medtronic may determine that a recall is necessary.” The company said that it communicates with healthcare providers and/or patients and provide recommendations to address such issues. Medtronic noted that these communications can include letters, emails, calls, press releases, physician notifications and social media postings, as well as informing the FDA and other regulators of the actions.
  • Source
    AMPMDRS