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AINCA 00-325 JET VENTILATOR

Received Feb 16, 2016 · Event occurred Jan 29, 2016

Report 5515907 · MDR key 5515907

Device

Generic name

Hunsaker Jet Ventilator

Catalog number

00-325

Product problems

  • Device Inoperable
  • Device Inoperable

Patient

18 YR

  • Death
  • Death

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

ON (B)(6) 2016, PATIENT WAS ADMITTED FOR A LARYNGOSCOPY WITH LASER AND VOCAL CORD TISSUE EXCISION PROCEDURE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, JET VENTILATION WAS ADMINISTERED AND PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ACUTE EVENT CONSISTING OF BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORACES AND ST ELEVATION.