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Device product

Pacific Medical GE Corometrics Nautilus Toco Transducer w/wing (2264LAX), FFCM3260

Z-0980-2020

September 19, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Pacific Medical Group Inc.
Event
Event 83869
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
628
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0980-2020

Official wording

Reason: Fetal transducers distributed in advance of receiving 510(k) and international clearances. Possible adverse clinical impact: inability to accurately detect and measure fetal heart rate, inability to accurately detect maternal peripheral oxygen saturation, inability to monitor uterine activity to follow contractions, inability to determine temperature, and maternal blood pressure, lack of electrocardiography tracing, patient/clinician burns, and interruption of monitoring due to device failure that could lead to delay in detecting maternal or fetal distress.

Code information: All serial numbers distributed between 02/06/16 - 04/30/19.

Distribution pattern: U.S.: IN, AZ, IL, HI, AK, AR, CA, FL, GA, IA, ID, LA, MA, NC, NE, NM, NY, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, NV, KY, CO, ME, ND, OH, SC, WI, AL, OR, DC, DE, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, MS, NJ, NH. O.U.S. (Foreign): CA, CO, FR, GB, IT, MX, UAE

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Fetal transducers distributed in advance of receiving 510(k) and international clearances. Possible adverse clinical impact: inability to accurately detect and measure fetal heart rate, inability to accurately detect maternal peripheral oxygen saturation, inability to monitor uterine activity to follow contractions, inability to determine temperature, and maternal blood pressure, lack of electrocardiography tracing, patient/clinician burns, and interruption of monitoring due to device failure that could lead to delay in detecting maternal or fetal distress.