It was reported that during use of the device for a cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) procedure, the unit had a sudden loss in oxygen (o2) and a rise in patient carbon dioxide (co2).The surgical procedure was completed successfully.There was no delay, no blood loss, nor adverse consequences to the patient.Per clinical review: on (b)(6) 2020, the team set up for the cpb procedure and calibrated the electronic patient gas system (epgs) without issue for the case.The fraction of inspired oxygen (fio2) and the sweep gas were set by the perfusionist when going on bypass.The case ran normally until approximately an hour into the pump run.There was no change in the slider set location of the sweep gas, and the measured flow did not change either, but the perfusionist did recall hearing an audible sound from the epgs as if it was changing automatically.He then noticed a decrease in the partial pressure of oxygen (po2) of the patient and an increase in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pco2) of the patient as measured with the blood parameter monitor (bpm).He did not recall any error messages on the heart lung machine (hlm), additionally, he spoke with his biomedical technician, to ensure that there was no loss of gas pressure during the procedure.The forane vaporizer was working appropriately.He recalled that the independent mechanical flow meter was reading what he originally set it to at 2.5 liter per minute (l/min).Once he saw the changes in the pco2 and po2, he increased his sweep gas to the oxygenator, and the issue did resolve itself, and the values stayed consistent throughout the remainder of the procedure.This incident did not delay the continuation of the surgical procedure.There was no harm or blood loss associated with the event.
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