It was reported that 2 hours after starting treatment, the cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) unit had an internal communication error.Pci of acs patient was performed.Pci was completed, and since blood pressure was low (sys 70-80), iabp was administered and the patient returned to the icu.Suddenly the iabp monitor waveform becomes flat in the icu.After a while, a continuous alarm sounds and "internal communication error has occurred" is displayed.Only nurses were available, so biomed engineer was contacted, but the situation did not improve.The biomed engineer connected to cs300 and resumes driving.Currently, the patient is conscious, and there are currently no health hazards.
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Updated fields: b4, d9, g3, g6, h2, h3, h4, h6 ( type of investigation, investigation findings, component codes, investigation conclusion), h10.Additional information: event postal code: (b)(6).A getinge field service engineer inspected the iabp unit at service center after returning from the facility.An attempt was made to boot-up of this iabp unit, but the unit kept loading and it ended up in failure.There were no failure codes recorded in the event log file of this iabp unit.Although the display was replaced, the issue was not resolved.When the executive processor board was replaced, the issue was resolved.After replacing the executive processor board, running test was performed normally for several days; however, the fault code 40 were confirmed to be recorded in the event log file after the running test was completed.Therefore the executive processor board was replaced again.Additionally the power management board, printer assembly, printer interface board and back plane board were replaced as well.After that, running test was performed again for three weeks without any further issues.Unit passed all functional and safety test per factory specifications.The iabp was then released and cleared for clinical service.
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