There was no patient involvement.The heater-cooler 16-02-80 is not distributed in the usa, but it is similar to heater-cooler 16-02-85, which is distributed in the usa (510(k) number: k052601).Livanova (b)(4) manufactures the heater-cooler system 3t.The incident occurred in (b)(6).This medwatch report is being filed on behalf of livanova (b)(4).A livanova field service representative was dispatched to the facility to investigate.The service representative was able to confirm the reported issue.The technician found initially a blown fuse on the mains board but with further testing it was found that the issue occurs if the compressor was connected.Therefore a defective compressor is the potential root cause.The device was taken out of use.This event was initially considered to be non-reportable.However, after additional evaluation, livanova (b)(4) has decided to reclassify this event as reportable.This report is being filed as part of a retrospective review conducted in response to this new decision.If any additional information pertinent to the reported event is received, it will be provided in a supplemental report.Evaluated on site by livanova rep.
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