It was reported that during use of the device for a cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) procedure, the user stated the alarm did not go off on the blood parameter monitor (bpm) when pt's saturated venous oxygen (svo2) dropped below 60%.The device was not changed out.The surgical procedure was completed successfully.There was a slight one to two minute delay due to the perfusionist (ccp) trying to identify the issue.There was no blood loss nor adverse consequence to the pt.Per the clinical review on (b)(6) 2015: the complaint report states there was a delay in the procedure, but there was no delay (per subsidiary site) just a delay of the ccp in using the bpm (during troubleshooting).According to the user, they had the low limit for svo2 set at 65% but when the measure dropped below 65% there was no low level alert posted on the bpm unit.The user claims that they had the low alert limit set to 65%, but when the svo2 dropped below 65% (and there was no expected low alert messaging), they were surprised even though they claim they did not set it to that level.It is not known at this time if there is an issue with the monitor or was accidentally set back to 60% by one of the users.This issue has not occurred on later cases and the svo2 low limit alert has remained at 65%.The case was completed successfully without delay of the surgical procedure.There was no associated blood loss and no harm was reported.
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The reported complaint was not verifiable.As the unit has been working without issue, the customer does not want to return the monitor to the manufacturer for evaluation.If additional information becomes available on this complaint that would alter the facts and/or conclusion, a supplemental report will be filed accordingly.
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