It was reported that during use of the device for a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure, the perfusion system lost communications between the pods and the central control monitor (ccm).An audible alarm occurred.After three minutes, the communication came back.The device was not changed out, they were able to use pumps during lost communication time.They did not change the ccm during bypass.The surgical procedure was completed successfully.There was no delay, no blood loss, nor adverse consequences to the pt.
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