It was reported that during an unidentified procedure, the anesthesia circuit detached from the ventilator.Reportedly, the patient was unable to be ventilated by the physician when this occurred.After multiple good-faith attempts, the facility contact was unable or unwilling to provide additional patient, product, or procedural information related to this incident to the manufacturer.It is unknown what was done after noticing the reported detachment.No impact to the patient, the patient's stability, the patient's plan of care, or the procedure was originally reported to the manufacturer.No adverse effect was originally reported to the manufacturer.No sample was returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.A root cause for the reported incident could not be determined.Due to the reported incident, and in an abundance of caution, this medwatch is being filed.If additional relevant information becomes available a supplemental medwatch will be filed.
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