Upon receipt of the device, the service repair technician (srt) reported that the oxygen (o2) sensor would not read within specification at the high end of the range (80%).Central control monitor (ccm) = 80.2%, reading from servomex analyzer = 84.4%.This was discovered during verification / release testing of the electronic patient gas system (epgs).There was no patient involvement.
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(b)(4).The reported complaint was not duplicated during laboratory evaluation.The product surveillance technician (pst) installed the returned o2 sensor into a lab-tested epgs and connected the epgs to a system 1 simulator and ccm.The pst connected the epgs to oxygen and air, entered a perfusion screen on the ccm and waited the 15 minute o2 sensor warm-up period.After the 15 minute warm-up period, calibration of the o2 sensor was initiated and passed.The measurement of the direct current (dc) output voltage from the o2 sensor at 5 liters per minute (lpm) and 100% o2 was 1.50 volts which is within the specification of 0.55-2.758 volts.The pst measured the o2 percentage with the epgs set for 5 lpm and 80% o2, the ccm reading was 79.3% and the reading of an o2 analyzer was 79.4%.The pst repeated calibration and measured o2% several times and the results were similar and within specifications.During visual inspection the pst observed nothing that would cause failure.A lab-tested epgs with the returned o2 sensor installed met specifications at 5 lpm and 80% o2.
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