inforMED
MalfunctionIXY

PRISM

Received Jul 20, 1995

Report MW4000714 · MDR key 25853

Device

Generic name

Gamma Scanning Camera

Model number

2000

Product problems

  • Sticking

Patient

*

  • Other (for use when an appropriate patient code cannot be identified)

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

WHILE IN USE, SCANNING A PT, UNIT WILL LOCK UP. CAMERA HEAD WOULD NOT LOCK IN POSITION & MOVED DOWNWARD, PINNING PT'S HEAD TO THE EXAM TABLE. WITHOUT TIMELY INTERVENTION, SERIOUS INJURY WAS POSSIBLE.