MalfunctionFPL

ROADRUNNER

Received Sep 30, 1994 · Event occurred Jun 1, 1994

Report MW1003557 · MDR key 16532

Device

Generic name

Transport Incubator

Manufacturer

Air-shields Vickers, Inc.

Model number

TI 100

Product problems

Disconnection
Electrical /Electronic Property Problem
Loose or Intermittent Connection
Loose
No Device Output

Patient

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

DURING TRANSPORT, DC POWER WAS LOST. OF THE FOUR CLIPS ON THE TWO BATTERIES, THREE CLIPS WRE FOUND TO BE DISCONNECTED. RPTR FOUND THAT THE CLIPS' OPENING HAD WIDENED AND LOOSENED. RPTR CHECKED TWO OTHER INCUBATORS AND FOUND THAT ALL THE CLIPS ON ONE WERE VERY LOOSE AND OFFERED NO RESISTANCE TO REMOVAL. RPTR BELIEVES THAT THE CLIPS USED MAY BE INADEQUATE.