Recent MRI Accidents Expose Catastrophic MRI Projectile Trends

In the last 90 days, catastrophic MRI projectile “never event” accidents caused a civilian to lose their life, injured a hospital staff member, damaged medical equipment, and cancelled MRI patient exams. The February inpatient bed projectile incident is sending shockwaves through the MRI community exposing the injury, equipment and business hazards that many facilities take for granted. This accident comes right off the heels of the January projectile incident where the MRI magnetic field pulled a concealed firearm from an outpatient and discharged a bullet causing a civilian to lose their life.

IRadimed strongly believes that our Ferrous Metal Detector with TruSense technology would have prevented both of these life altering accidents this year. The IRadimed FMD is the only product on the market that combines ferrous metal detection with motion sensing. The AI technology in the IRadimed FMD adjusts the threat detection algorithms based on an item’s speed, direction and ferrous signature, helping eliminate alarm fatigue common with other ferromagnetic detection devices.

These preventable events have proven to be devastating, life changing situations for patients, staff, family and the MRI facilities involved. IRadimed’s unique technology is designed to prevent these types of accidents from occurring. Please visit https://www.iradimed.com/fmd for more information on how the unique and clever IRadimed FMD with TruSense can help reverse these projectile trends.