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SCOP SPOT FILM DEVICE

Received Jul 1, 1997 · Event occurred Mar 5, 1997

Report 105068 · MDR key 105068

Device

Generic name

Na

Manufacturer

Philips Co

Catalog number

NA

Lot number

NA

Product problems

  • Unintended System Motion

Patient

34 YR

  • Pain

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

DURING AN UPPER GI FILM, AS THE RADIOLOGY TABLE WAS BEING LOWERED FROM AN ERECT TO FLAT POSITION, THE CARRIAGE STARTED TO SLOWLY SLIP DOWNWARD UNTIL IT WAS RESTING ON THE PT'S CHEST. RADIOLOGIST AND TECHNICIAN TRIED FORCING THE CARRIAGE UP ENOUGH FOR THE PT TO MOVE OUT FROM UNDERNEATH. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE CARRIAGE BUT THE PT WAS ABLE TO SLIDE OUT DUE TO HIS SMALL SIZE.