RUSCH IPN915471Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 14026704711519), received between Jun 28, 2022 and Jun 28, 2022 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Environmental Compatibility Problem” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionJun 28, 2022Environmental Compatibility Problem; Environmental Compatibility Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE INCIDENT "INVOLVED A 58-YEAR-OLD PATIENT TREATED FOR EXCISION OF A DENTOGENIC CYST USING CALDWELL-LUC WAY. WHEN USING THE BLADE ON A LARYNGOSCOPY HANDLE FOR INTUBATION, AFTER ANESTHESIA OF THE PATIENT, THE LIGHT OF THE BLADE SUDDENLY TURNED OFF." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE "BATTERIES OF THE LARYNGOSCOPE HANDLE WAS CHANGED AS OPPOSED TO USING THE PREPARED BACK-UP LARYNGOSCOPE DEVICE AS THE PATIENT DID NOT PRESENT ANY CRITERIA OF DIFFICULT INTUBATION". THE CUSTOMER CONTINUED BY REPORTING THAT THE NEW BATTERIES WERE POSITIONED CORRECTLY IN THE HANDLE AND THE HANDLE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER BLADE. FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED REPORTED THAT "THE INTUBATION WAS DONE PRETTY QUICKLY. ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL HYPNOTIC INJECTION WAS NEEDED WHICH TOOK LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. NO DESATURATION OBSERVED AND PATIENT IS EVOLVING FAVOURABLY WITHOUT COMPLICATION".

  Patient problems: Hypoventilation

  MAUDE report 14842904 ↗