"during the use of hmo71000 (vr is rr40 from terumo) for mvp case, the patient's blood platelet level decreased rapidly.The customer requested to provide us the snap photo shot investigated by magnifying scope (or sem), in which the platelet was absorbed on the filter area of oxygenator.The number of blood platelet: before the pump initiation - approx.150,000, during pumping - approx.80,000, just before getting off the pump - 30,000.At the end, gave a platelet transfusion and the surgery was finished.(pumping time 110 min.) no pressure increase of the oxygenator during the pump was found, there seems not to be occluded.No adverse effects on the patient.(b)(4).
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(b)(4).The product was visually inspected in the laboratory of the manufacturer with no abnormalities found.No additional test methods which could provide explicit results regarding the coating could be used as every oxygenator runs through a cleaning step with sodium hypochlorite during receipt process within the decontamination laboratory.The sodium hypochlorite could have an influence on the coating or at the least is changing the primitive state of the coating.Based on this the test results would not be valid.No issues were noted in the device history record for the coating process.The cause of the failure was determined to not be attributed to a device related malfunction.Based on these results and the information available at this time, the oxygenator operated within maquet cardiopulmonary specifications.This data will be handled through a designated maquet trending process.If a trend occurs, it will be escalated to quality assurance management for review and determination if further investigation is necessary.Due to this no further action will be completed at this time.
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