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DYA-PULSE -DYNAPULSE--NOT SURE-

Received Oct 1, 2005 · Event occurred Oct 10, 2004

Report MW1036794 · MDR key 746939

Device

Generic name

Unsure

Manufacturer

Unk

Model number

NA

Catalog number

*

Lot number

*

Product problems

  • Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)

Patient

76 YR

  • Dry Eye(s)

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

FOLLOWING EYE SURGERY FOR EYE LID LIFT, MY CHIROPRACTOR SUGGESTED USING HIS MACHINE, DYNAPULSE, TO HELP MY INCISIONS HEAL FASTER. I HAD THREE OR FOUR SESSIONS WITH HIM WHERE HE TARGETED THE MACHINE ON MY EYES. THE PLASTIC SURGEON COMMENTED THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN ANYONE HEAL QUITE SO FAST; HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE TREATMENTS I HAVE INCREASED PROBLEMS WITH DRY EYES. THE CHIROPRACTOR HAD SHOWED ME PHOTOS OF A DIFFERENT WOMAN WHO HAD SIMILAR SURGERY AND HAD USED THE MACHINE. HER EYES LOOKED RED AND HE SAID HE HAD HELPED HER. I DID NOT GET HER NAME AND HE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY--SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER OUTCOME WAS. HE TOLD ME THE MACHINE WOULD NOT BE AS HOT AS DIATHERMY, BUT THE MACHINE WAS PLACED CLOSE TO MY EYES. ANOTHER CHIROPRACTOR IN WITH HIM HAD CUT HIMSELF AND HAD STITCHES. HE USED THE DYNAPULSE ON HIS CUT AND WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE STITCHES THE NEXT DAY.