Livanova deutschland received a report that a s5 roller pump gave an alarm related to cardioplegia and when the knob was adjusted to start the pump, the pump did not turn.There was a resistance in both directions, when the pump knob was manually turned.The issue occurred at setup.There was no patient injury.
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A device service history review has been performed and identified that the unit was manufactured in 2007 and no other similar event has been reported, neither concerning trend has been identified.The reported symbol with a triangle and exclamation mark is displayed in yellow and indicates that the pressure value for warning/regulation has been reached and neither enrichment nor re-circulation has been activated.In regulation mode, when the pressure reached the regulation threshold, the pump speed is continually adjusted to the requirements of the perfusion in order to maintain the pressure constant and avoid reaching the stop limit.If a circle with the hearth is displayed in red with a lightning bolt, the cardioplegia controller has triggered a pressure alarm, a bubble alarm or a regulator stop, and the linked pump stops.The pump does not restart until the alarm situation is solved or the function overridden.Based on the fact that no issue could be reproduced, it cannot be ruled out that the pump was automatically adjusted and/or stopped by cardioplegia pressure controller due to reached set threshold and the roller pump over-occlusion due to a user error made the pump difficult to rotate manually.The risk is in the acceptable region.No specific action was currently deemed necessary.Livanova will keep monitoring the market.
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