Medtronic received information that during use of this act plus instrument during a coronary angiography and balloon dilatation on august 16th due to coronary heart disease, after starting up, the instrument failed and the indicators could not be monitored.This affected the application of anticoagulant drugs to the patient.The customer stated that they stopped using the instrument after the issue occurred.The instrument was replaced with a backup and there is no adverse patient effects associated with this event.Additional information: the instrument will not be sent back for service.This event was reported from the adverse reaction event centre of (b)(6), rather than reported directly to medtronic by the customer.The current status of the instrument is unknown and it can not be returned.
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