It was reported that the endoflator 50 would not switch to flow mode during the lap hernia repair.The device could be powered on; however, it gave the error message "system failure occurred" once high flow or pediatric mode was selected.The operator could not close the error message after it appeared so the operator had to power down the device.According to report, this was the first time the reported device being used in such case; however, the device had been in use for almost 10 months.The surgeon completed the procedure using a back up unit.There was no patient impact besides delaying the procedure.
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