There was no patient involvement.The heater-cooler 16-02-82 is not distributed in the usa and it is similar to heater-cooler 16-02-85, which is distributed in the usa (510(k) number: k191402).Livanova (b)(4) manufactures the heater-cooler system 3t.The incident occurred in (b)(6).A livanova field service representative was dispatched to the facility to investigate the device and could confirm the reported issue.The failure was traced back to a loose wire connection on the patient side.The connection was reseated and the problem solved.Subsequent functional verification testing was completed without further issues and the unit was returned to service.
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