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MAGSTEPS MEDIUM SIZE 7-12

Received Mar 10, 1998 · Event occurred Oct 16, 1997

Report MW1013127 · MDR key 154960

Device

Generic name

Magnetic Shoe Inserts

Manufacturer

Nikken, Inc.

Model number

NI

Catalog number

2001

Lot number

NI

Product problems

  • Labelling, Instructions for Use or Training Problem
  • Reaction

Patient

71 YR

  • Nerve Damage
  • Other (for use when an appropriate patient code cannot be identified)
  • Anxiety
  • Discomfort
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Numbness
  • Therapy/non-surgical treatment, additional

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

ADD'L INFO RECEIVED 9/23/99: PT SPOKE TO HIS PHYSICIAN ON 4/9/96. PT HAS METARSALGIA WHICH IS A VERY RARE CONDITION. THE BALLS OF PT'S FEET IS SKIN AND BONES; THE TISSUE IS VERY THIN SKIN. BECAUSE OF THIS, HIS BARE SKIN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MAGNET EVENT THOUGH HE HAD SOCKS ON. "IT IS LIKE GOING INTO YOUR BLOOD STREAM." BECAUSE THE MAGNETIC RAYS PENETRATED HIS SKIN AND BONES, "ALMOST LIKE CUTTING SKIN OPEN AND PUTTING A MAGNET ON IT." ACCORDING TO PT THAT IS WHY HE SUFFERED AN ADVERSE REACTION.