The company was unable to duplicate the alleged problem or determine root cause.Further investigation conducted by the software development team determined that there is no indication that the device malfunctioned; however, a plausible explanation of the errors in the data displayed on the workstation indicated that it was likely caused by an erroneous interface message received form an outside source.It is believed that all information displayed was correct at the start of the procedure, an interface message received form another source caused the override of the patient demographic information.In this event, the patient demographic information affected was the patient name, sex, and date of birth.The reporting hospital/site was notified of the results of the investigation and the site was able to rectify the case xml, patient data and applicable reports.The company will continue to investigate.This is the first reported occurrence of this event.There was no injury to the actual patient and/or no delay in patient care.
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