Results: the pump max had blood on the exterior of the pump housing.The pump max power inlet was broken.Conclusions: evaluation of the returned pump max revealed blood inside the pump max.If the aspiration tubing is connected directly to the vacuum inlet rather than the canister supplied by penumbra, blood may be aspirated into the pump max.Further evaluation revealed that the power inlet on the back of the pump max was damaged.This damage was likely incidental to the reported issue and may have occurred while packaging the pump for return to penumbra.Penumbra pumps are visually inspected and functionally tested during incoming quality inspection.The manufacturing records for this lot were reviewed and did not reveal any outstanding discrepancies, design, or quality concerns.
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The patient was undergoing a thrombectomy procedure using a penumbra system aspiration pump max 110v (pump max).During the procedure, the hospital staff accidentally connected the aspiration tubing (tubing) directly to the pump max rather than the canister.Consequently, blood was aspirated into the pump max.The procedure was completed using another pump max.There was no report of an adverse effect to the patient.
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